Comments on: wxWidgets: Keyboard Shortcuts without a Menu http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wxwidgets-keyboard-shortcuts-without-a-menu/ Cool blog, bro. Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Danny http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wxwidgets-keyboard-shortcuts-without-a-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Danny Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:07:57 +0000 http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/?p=44#comment-4 To be honest, I'd never even heard of them! ;) However, I've just looked up the wxAcceleratorTable, and I can see a problem in the use of it. I often write cross-platform code, so I don't like my applications to use anything that might act differently on other operating systems. Looking at the <a href="http://www.lug.or.kr/docs/wxWidgets/wx_wxacceleratortable.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">documentation</a> it seems that it only works with menu items under GTK? I may experiment with them over the weekend. Thanks for the tip! :) [And yes, I know using wxMOD_CONTROL will vary across operating systems because Mac keyboards have the command key instead (wxMOD_CMD) ... but it's Mac, so who cares?] ;) To be honest, I’d never even heard of them! ;)

However, I’ve just looked up the wxAcceleratorTable, and I can see a problem in the use of it. I often write cross-platform code, so I don’t like my applications to use anything that might act differently on other operating systems. Looking at the documentation it seems that it only works with menu items under GTK? I may experiment with them over the weekend. Thanks for the tip! :)

[And yes, I know using wxMOD_CONTROL will vary across operating systems because Mac keyboards have the command key instead (wxMOD_CMD) ... but it's Mac, so who cares?] ;)

]]> By: Jeff English http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wxwidgets-keyboard-shortcuts-without-a-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jeff English Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:01:47 +0000 http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/?p=44#comment-3 Did you consider using a wxAcceleratorTable? Since accelerator entries are processed before the key events, it can be very helpful for defining a set of accelerators on text controls, listviews, etc.. I also find it easier to set the same shortcut key(s) on multiple controls and have it be context-sensitive to the control that currently has the focus. Did you consider using a wxAcceleratorTable? Since accelerator entries are processed before the key events, it can be very helpful for defining a set of accelerators on text controls, listviews, etc.. I also find it easier to set the same shortcut key(s) on multiple controls and have it be context-sensitive to the control that currently has the focus.

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