On 25.05.2011 12:06, Rony G. Flatscher wrote:
Are you sure that you don't talk about accelerators (those who are
assigned to commands using tools-customize-keyboard)?
O.K., I think the best is that I show you the code snippets then.
The code is in ooRexx but excersises the Java API "behind the curtain".
The tilde in ooRexx is the message operator, so left of the tilde is the
receiving object, right of it the message. In case a queryInterface() is
needed, the ooRexx UNO support allows one to merely send the unqualified
interface name to the UNO object in order to retrieve that interface.
Line comments start with two consecutive dashes (--), block comments are
C-like (but can be nested in the Rexx language).
Having said that, here's the snippet, which should give you the exact
information, please look for the area after the comments lead in as "/*
(snip)
/* *** shortcut *** */
-- got shortcut manager, define key with Shift+Alt combination
oShortCutManager=x_UIConfigurationManager~getShortcutManager
xShortCutManager=oShortCutManager~XAcceleratorConfiguration
modifiers =bsf.getConstant("com.sun.star.awt.KeyModifier", "SHIFT")
-- Shift-key
modifiers+=bsf.getConstant("com.sun.star.awt.KeyModifier", "MOD2")
-- Alt-key
KeyEventClz=bsf.importClass("com.sun.star.awt.KeyEvent")
Exactly, these are accelerators, not shortcuts. This is not about the
words (others might even use them the other way around), but about the
way they are executed.
In OOo accelerators work independently from any other UI elements, e.g.
menu or toolbar items. In the default configuration "CTRL-O" will always
execute the command ".uno:Open", even if no toolbars or menus are present.
OTOH, the *menu shortcut* (specified by putting a tilde in front of the
letter "O" in a corresponding menu item label) for this function "ALT-F,
O" (in the English version) can only be used by operating the menu with
the keyboard.
A comparable functionality does not exist for toolbar items. Thus, a
tilde in a toolbar item label does not have any effect and is just
considered as garbage.
OTOH, toolbar quickhelp texts can show *accelerators* that are
configured for the same functionality, in the same way as the menus do.
(We don't do that in the item text as in menus as space in toolbars is
more limited.)
The quickhelp for the "Open" button shows "Open (CTRL+O)" because
"CTRL+O" is the accelerator for the ".uno:Open" command (in the default
configuration that may be changed via "tools-customize-keyboard"). And
the menu item for "Open" also shows "CTRL+O".
There is some code in OOo's framework that adds the accelerators to the
label or quickhelpt text. In menus this code works immediately as menus
are always created at the very moment they are opened. Toolbar quickhelp
texts need an update notification when the shortcut was changed. As it
seems, this update notification is not sent. But the quickhelp text of a
new document would be correct as the accelerator is already known when
the toolbar is created.
As an example, I configured "SHIFT-ALT-G" for "Insert-Gallery" in the
keyboard configuration. The "view" menu (don't ask me why the menu has
it in "view", the config in "insert" ;-)) immediately shows the new
accelerator, the toolbar quickhelp doesn't. If I now open a new
document, its toolbar shows the accelerator in the quickhelp text of the
"Gallery" button.
Regards,
Mathias
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OpenOffice.org Engineering at Oracle: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
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