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Article #792Re: setting a button key to be ESC
From: Daniel L Grillo
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 19:29
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 19:29
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In article <1992Sep6.145546.7044@next.cambridge.ma.us> simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us writes: >In article <Bu33xu.7x3@cs.psu.edu> grio@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Daniel L Grillo) >writes: >> >> In the IB inspector, I'd like to set a button's key equivalent to be ESC. >> I can't get it to work. >> > >Since key equivalents can only be command keys, and not the ESC key, you're out >of luck, unless you want the button to be command-ESC. > >You could subclass the Window object, override the keyDown: method, and turn >ESC into some command- key. I should have been more explict. A button in a _Panel_ can have a key equivalent that is not a command key. Keys like "d" and "." work fine. I was hoping there was a way to use ESC, without subclassing Panel. --Dan -- Dan Grillo grio@cs.psu.edu [NeXTmail, PrivateMail, MIME welcome]
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wupost!psuvax1!colossus.cs.psu.edu!grio From: grio@colossus.cs.psu.edu (Daniel L Grillo) Subject: Re: setting a button key to be ESC Message-ID: <Bu68tK.37L@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu Organization: Penn State Computer Science References: <Bu33xu.7x3@cs.psu.edu> <1992Sep6.145546.7044@next.cambridge.ma.us> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 19:29:43 GMT Lines: 22