Re: Losing some event

FROM : Michael Ash
DATE : Fri Jun 27 20:33:43 2008

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Laurent Cerveau <<email_removed>> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am experiencing with Core Animation applications in kiosk mode and starts
> from the MenuView sample code I found somewhere on Apple web site (it
> displays a Quartz Composer composition in the background with a few CALayer
> that acts as button). In order to go full screen I have been going around
> the list archive, avoided enterFullScreen, and went with what seemed to have
> most sense that is :
> - create a window that covers the screen
> - move the content view of the window I use in IB to this one
> - use the SetSystemUIMode API to hide menu bar and dock
> - make sure the new window is properly the one getting events with
> makeKeyAndOrderFront
> - I also make sure I make the view ist the firstResponder of the window.
>
> However I do not get any more any keyDown,  moveUp mouseDown .and ended with
> a beep. I have put a breakpoint in NSBeep but the backtrace is too short to
> reallly help
> #0  0x96c50b20 in NSBeep ()
> #1  0x96a878db in -[NSApplication sendEvent:] ()
> #2  0x969e4e27 in -[NSApplication run] ()
> #3  0x969b2030 in NSApplicationMain ()
>
> What is the best way to track such thing?


Create an NSWindow subclass for your fullscreen window and override
-canBecomeKeyWindow to return YES. By default, borderles windows
cannot become key, and thus don't receive key events.

Mike