Re: Non-pretzel keyboard equivalents in Cocoa

FROM : j o a r
DATE : Fri Oct 15 21:47:07 2004

On 2004-10-15, at 18.46, David Dunham wrote:

>> 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.)


Have you tried using "\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?


Yes, it's really straight forward.

j o a r