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How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #27045]

Tue, 22 June 2010 22:38

281264
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Registered: June 2010
Location: Spain

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Hi,

I am unable to find this topic covered in the manuals. Is there any place in the web supplied information where this topic is explained?

I would appreciate a quick explanation about the subject.

Many thanks.

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #27056 is a reply to message #27045]

Wed, 23 June 2010 15:33

andrei_natanael
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Registered: January 2009

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Item::Key() is for that. Bar::Add() return a reference to Item. Here is an example.

bar.Add("Quit", THISBACK(Quit)).Key(K_CTRL | K_Q);

Andrei

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #27057 is a reply to message #27056]

Wed, 23 June 2010 16:22

mrjt
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Registered: March 2007
Location: London

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A better way is to use a .key file where you define your keys.

Then you can use the shortcut in multiple places with one definition. As a bonus there is a key editing dialog (for the user) that you can use very easily:

The reference project called AK shows this.

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #27108 is a reply to message #27057]

Fri, 25 June 2010 16:25

281264
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Thanks. How can a key file be generated and used?

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #27114 is a reply to message #27108]

Fri, 25 June 2010 23:03

andrei_natanael
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Registered: January 2009

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Hi,
You write the file by hand. I think AK example explain very clear how to use it. Add it to your project, then define KEYFILE macro to *.key file, include key_*.* based on location (header or source). KEYGROUPNAME is to separate key definitions in dialog where you change key bindings.

Andrei

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #35639 is a reply to message #27056]

Fri, 09 March 2012 09:57

jibe
Messages: 294
Registered: February 2007
Location: France

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Hi,

andrei_natanael wrote on Wed, 23 June 2010 15:33

Item::Key() is for that. Bar::Add() return a reference to Item. Here is an example.

bar.Add("Quit", THISBACK(Quit)).Key(K_CTRL | K_Q);

Yes, this works well !

But this way, I can have the SHIFT+CTRL combination, but others like CTRL+ALT or SHIFT+ALT give a complilation error :

Quote:

main.cpp:124: error: �K_CTRL_ALT_E� was not declared in this scope

What is wrong ? Is there a simple way (without .key file) to have this working ?

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Re: How to add accelerator keys to menus [message #35978 is a reply to message #35639]

Fri, 13 April 2012 04:21

Lance
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Registered: March 2007

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Quote:

�K_CTRL_ALT_E� was not declared in this scope

try

K_CTRL | K_ALT | K_E

instead.
K_CTRL, K_ALT, K_SHIFT each occupies a unique bit, and can be bit-or'ed together with other keys.

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