Hi Andrew, You can add an accelerator to a window and it'll be called when that key combination is pressed. It doesn't need to be associated with a widget.
However I think it's generally considered good form to have a menu item somewhere with the accelerator as a shortcut. That way the user can discover your handy keypress and get some idea what it does. John On 30 August 2011 14:03, Andrew Wood <a....@me.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip. Can accelerators only be used with menu items, only Ive > just tried doing it by linking it to the clicked signal on a (hidden) > GtkButton but it doesnt work? > > My idea was when the key combo was pressed the accelerator would emit a > clicked signal on the button and the buttons handler would then be called. > > On 30/08/11 09:52, jcup...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> That lets you detect ctrl-esc anywhere on the desktop. If you only >> need to detect crtl-ecs within your window you can just set >> "<Control>Escape" as an accelerator, see: >> >> http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk3-Keyboard-Accelerators.html >> >> On 30 August 2011 06:33, czk<czon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> try gdk_window_add_filter or gtk_key_snooper_install >>> >>> 2011/8/30 Andrew Wood<a....@me.com> >>> >>>> Is there a way to regiser a handler function which will be called >>>> whenever >>>> the user presses Ctrl-Esc in a GTK app? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >>>> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>>> >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/**listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list<http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >>> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list >>> > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
