Re: catching command-enter keyDown events in a table view

FROM : Todd Ransom
DATE : Thu Nov 04 19:16:01 2004

I had problems getting [NSEvent characters] to work properly in my
situation.  It's been awhile since I wrote that so I don't remember
exactly what the issue was.  Maybe someone else on the list can talk
about the differences.

TR

On Nov 4, 2004, at 10:21 AM, Will Mason wrote:

>>>     unsigned short keyPress = [event keyCode];

>
> If you take the key code from the event, you're creating a big headache
> for yourself, since key codes are hardware dependent. Are you sure you
> want to keep track of the key code for your desired key presses for
> every keyboard that exists on every Mac in the world? Wouldn't it be
> better to let Cocoa do that for you, and use the [NSEvent characters]
> message instead? That way you get to work with hardware independent
> Unicode values.
>
> Just a thought,
> Will
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