Use spacebar to toggle in key navigation

[Viper]

I want to use the spacebar as a start stop button in my application. It's not listed under key navigation is there a way to do it programmatically?

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

You could use an event structure with a Key Down event for the VI.  Compare the Keydown with the space character and act accordingly.

[Viper]

How do you determine what key was pressed?

[RavensFan]

The terminals inside the event case have Char and Scan Code, you can read either one and compare it to the value for space (Char =32,  Scan Code = 57)

[Viper]

That did it!!   thanks