Re: Non-pretzel keyboard equivalents in Cocoa

FROM : David Dunham
DATE : Fri Oct 15 18:46:13 2004

Scott:

>> menu items which have things like the return key or ^C as keyboard
>> equivalents

>
> Not sure what you mean by "return key", but the ^ character refers to
> the Control key.


The key labeled "return." It shows up as an obscure glyph in the menu.
(IIRC, it's a pain to enter it in IB.)

> Ironically, using Control as a key equivalent turns your fingers into
> a pretzel. Stick to command, shift and option as much as possible.


Ironically, I asked for technical, not UI, advice. In further irony,
the actual control key is for a debug menu item, which I won't be
exposing users to.

j o a r:

> Keyboard shortcuts *without* the NSCommandKeyMask was previously not
> propagated through the first responder chain, and to menu items, like
> keyboard shortcuts *with* the NSCommandKeyMask.
> I filed bug reports with Apple about this, and they claim to have
> solved at least some of it (I think back in 10.2.6). I have not
> verified that they have however, as my workaround was already in
> place, and is working fine (overriding NSApplication sendEvent and
> manually checking the responder chain and menu items).


This is likely what I'm seeing -- I'm pretty sure my control equivalent
is handled high enough up the responder chain that it's not a problem
with focus.

Is your code pretty simple then?

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