Re: Keyboard Loop in Programmatically Created Window

FROM : Sean McBride
DATE : Tue Apr 03 20:49:11 2007

On 4/3/07 8:17 AM, Jerry Krinock said:

>[3] Subclass of NSWindow to fix the problem...
>
>@interface SSAlertWindow : NSWindow
>@end
>
>@implementation SSAlertWindow
>
>- (void)sendEvent:(NSEvent *)event {
>    int tab = 0 ;
>    if ([event type] == NSKeyDown) {
>        unichar character = [[event characters] characterAtIndex:0] ;
>        if (character == 9) {
>            tab = 1 ;
>        }
>        else if (character == 25) {
>            tab = -1 ;
>        }
>    }


Users can change keybindings, and ASCII 9 isn't necessarily what should
invoke the 'tab' behaviour.

The default keybindings are here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict

See also:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/
TextDefaultsBindings/chapter_9_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/
20000468-611005>

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