Re: Key equivalents for non-menu items
Re: Key equivalents for non-menu items
- Subject: Re: Key equivalents for non-menu items
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:11:57 -0800
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Randy Widell <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to wrap my mind around something and the Apple docs are just not
> helping. I am not sure if I am looking in the wrong places or what, but I
> am just not getting it.
>
> Binding a menu item to First Responder and setting a key equivalent for the
> menu item is trivial.
>
> However, what if I want a key equivalent for a command that is not in a
> menu?
The canonical answer is, "You make a menu item for it."
> I am approaching this from years of Windows experience (which is probably
> part of the problem), so I am looking for something similar to an
> accelerator table. I essentially duplicated this idea by overriding
> performKeyEquivalent: in a view, iterating through a table looking for a key
> code and modifier flag match, then performing that action.
>
> This "works", but I would have to duplicate this in every view that handles
> that command.
Would you mind elaborating on the action you're trying to provide a
shortcut for?
--Kyle Sluder
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