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Re: Catching all keyDowns and mouseDowns in application
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Re: Catching all keyDowns and mouseDowns in application


  • Subject: Re: Catching all keyDowns and mouseDowns in application
  • From: j o a r <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:19:11 +0200

Subclass NSApplication, and override "sendEvent:".

j o a r

On 2004-06-11, at 12.14, Jeremy Dronfield wrote:

> I have a feeling this may be a FAQ, but can't find anything in the
> archives.
>
> I'm trying to implement a timed inactivity lockout in my application,
> so that if there are no key or mouse events for a set period of time,
> the application locks the user out, requiring a password to unlock.
> Since I don't want to have to subclass every window in the application
> and override -keyDown: and -mouseDown: in each of them, is there a way
> to catch all key and mouse events at one point in the responder chain?
>
> If not, can anyone suggest a better way of handling this sort of
> inactivity timeout?

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