| Re: howto bind shortcut key to button [message #34213 is a reply to message #34082] |
Thu, 20 February 2003 08:05  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:24:53 -0700, David Fanning wrote:
> Sebastian (s@visita2.die.upm.es) writes:
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>> is there a way to bind a shortcut key to a button? I would like to do
>> something like pressing CTRL+S while my app is in hte foreground evokes
>> myapp->save.
>> I didn't find anything useful on this in the manual and the ng archive,
>> and the idl demo doesn't seem to use keyboard short-cuts.
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> Under Microsoft Windows, including the ampersand character (&) in the
> value of a button widget causes the window manager to place an underline
> under the character following the ampersand. This is a feature of
> Microsoft Windows, and is generally used to indicate which character is
> used as a keyboard accelerator for the button. If you plan to run the
> application on *anything* other than Windows, though, forget it. The
> ampersand will show up on the button and there will be no accelerating
> effect. This is a WINDOWS ONLY feature. :-(
>
Two other options:
1. My old hidden WIDGET_TEXT hack (see
http://dfanning.com/widget_tips/keyboard_events.html). May work
with modifier keys and arrow keys (if you use an even wierder hack
-- search the NG for "key events"). Not terribly platform
independent.
2. A hidden WIDGET_DRAW (or actual widget_draw if your application
uses it) with KEYBOARD_EVENTS set. Only available starting with
IDL v5.6. Works well with modifier keys and arrow/PageUp|Down
keys. Should be platform independent.
The problem with both of these solutions: you need to give the
appropriate widget text focus. With #2, it will occur automatically
when you interact with the draw widget. I personally would have liked
KEYBOARD_EVENTS to be WIDGET_BASE, which would be delivered events if
no other element had text focus. The workaround I use: set
TRACKING_EVENTS on the top-level widget base, and explicitly give the
appropriate widget focus when entering the application.
Good luck,
JD
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