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Re: Programming hot key

  • Subject: Re: Programming hot key
  • From: Eric Schlegel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:06:50 -0800
On Nov 3, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Symadept wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anybody tell me can I program a hot key which shall not block the other apps
> responding to it.
>
> Lets say I have registered hot key Command+P for some operation for my app,
> it shall not block the other apps responding to it.

You should probably use the CGEventTap API to implement this. In SnowLeopard, you could also use +[NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask]. In either case, however, I believe you'll need the user to enable access for assistive devices in the Universal Access preference pane.

-eric

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