figured this out. PC's Scroll lock is F14 on mac keyboards, and the tap wasn't called, because it was assigned as a hotkey for adjusting brightness.
2012/12/15 Nick <eveningn...@gmail.com> > No, nothing lights up. In fact, the only LED on my PC keyboard that can > light up in Mac OS from keypresses is the Caps Lock. > I am wondering if I could use IOKit to get Scroll lock keypress event, > though?. > > > 2012/12/15 Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> > >> On Dec 14, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Nick <eveningn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello >> > I need to intercept a scroll lock key event (that can be found on most >> of >> > PC keyboards). >> > It seems that AppKit framework does not pass any NSEvent's to the >> > application when this button is pressed. >> > Neither works addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask (access for >> assistive >> > devices is enabled). I tried the mask >> NSFlagsChangedMask|NSKeyPressedMask - >> > the block gets invoked when any button is pressed, except the scroll >> lock. >> > >> > Is it possible at all to get a notification in my app when scroll lock >> is >> > pressed? Using IOKit maybe? >> >> Open the Keyboard Viewer (you might need to turn on the Input Languages >> menu extra in System Preferences). Does anything light up when you press >> the Scroll Lock key? >> >> If yes, use that key's virtual key code. If not, you're sunk. >> >> --Kyle Sluder > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
