Problem with GLFW input

Question

I am using GLFW for the input in my game. I just started learning it and I have encountered a problem. The problem is the input, I have a callback function, where I check for keypresses. I want the program to toggle wireframe mode when the user press 1, therefore I have this code:

if(key == '1' && action == GLFW_PRESS)
{
    wireframe = !wireframe;
}

The problem is that I am Czech and we obviously have different keyboard layout - I use english keyboard layout for programming and when I press 1 it works, however, when I press the same key on czech layout it doesn't work, probably because we have to press Shift along with the '1' key to actually get the 1 on the screen. It may seem obvious that it does not work, but when I used SFML it worked.

I also tried replacing the '1' with 49 or 0x0031, but the result is the same.

Is there a solution or do I have to set the layout manually by the system API?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

What I think happens is that a unicode int gets passed when you have your Czech layout.

(What I'm not sure is how the int get's passed as a char . . .)

If you use xev in the terminal, a window will pop out and input info will print in your terminal when you click/move/drag keys or your mouse.

This is a good way to check what the difference between '1' in US layout and '1' in Czhech layout.

There might be a better way to doing this, but otherwise I would suggest to create a table from your xkbmap manually or make a script that gets that info and automatically makes an array from it.

That's all I know, but good luck!