Re: Capturing key events in a menu
Re: Capturing key events in a menu
> Basically, I want to do quite a simple thing: capture a "keyDown" event
> when a menu is opened. So the user opens a menu, presses a key and I want
> to know what key it was.
> Unfortunately NSMenu isn't an NSResponder, so I can't capture it there.
> Also, the event isn't passed down to NSApp (where I could capture it in a
> subclass or delegate), as the menu handles it to position the higlight on
> the appropriate letter. Can I somehow override that behaviour?
When a menu is open the Menu Manager in HIToolbox handles incoming
events on its own. You be able to capture the events with an embedded
NSView, but I first need to ask the standard question: waht are you
trying to achieve?
-Ben
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