How to slow down or stop key presses in XNA

Question

I\'ve begun writing a game using XNA Framework and have hit some simple problem I do not know how to solve correctly.

I\'m displaying a menu using Texture2D and using th

Answer 1

Ok, I've figured it out. First, I added a

private Keys keyPressed = Keys.None;

and in my Update() method, I do the following:

 KeyboardState keyboardState = Keyboard.GetState();

if (keyboardState.IsKeyUp(keyPressed))
{
    keyPressed = Keys.None;
}

if (keyboardState.IsKeyDown(keyPressed))
{
    return;
}

// Some additionnal stuff is done according to direction
if (keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Up))
{
    keyPressed = Keys.Up;
}
else if (keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Down))
{
    keyPressed = Keys.Down;
}

It seems to be working correctly.