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

Well what you could do is something like this (Also will track every key)

int[] keyVals;
TimeSpan pressWait = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);
Dictionary keyDowns = new Dictionary();
Dictionary keyTimes = new Dictionary();

public ConstructorNameHere
{
    keyVals = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Keys)) as int[];
    foreach (int k in keyVals)
    {
        keyDowns.Add((Keys)k, false);
        keyTimes.Add((Keys)k, new DateTime()+ new TimeSpan(1,0,0));
    }
}

protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
{
    foreach (int i in keyVals)
    {
        Keys key = (Keys)i;
        switch (key)
        {
            case Keys.Enter:
                keyTimes[key] = (Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyUp(key)) ? ((keyDowns[key]) ? DateTime.Now + pressWait : keyTimes[key]) : keyTimes[key];
                keyDowns[key] = (keyTimes[key] > DateTime.Now) ? false : Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyDown(key);

                if (keyTimes[key] < DateTime.Now)
                {
                    // Code for what happens when Keys.Enter is pressed goes here.
                }
                break;
    }
}

By doing it this way you're able to check every key. You could also do this for just every key by create separate DateTimes and seperate bool values.