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| Re: Catch KeyEvents [message #445256 is a reply to message #445238] |
Fri, 29 October 2004 18:06  |
 Steve Northover
Messages: 1636
Registered: July 2009 |
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It sounds like Display.addFilter() is what you want. This, and this ability
to cancel keys using the doit flag, is available only in 3.0. Sorry. The
good news is that things got faster in 3.0, specifically tables and trees on
all platforms.
"Lars" <lars@eclub2.procard.dk> wrote in message
news:cltd9k$b0o$1@eclipse.org...
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> Hi all
>
> I have a problem that a lot of other people has as well, and I can not
> seem to find a valid solution.
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> I want the application to have a 'global' keylistener, but when I use
> the addListener in Display it does not work. The problem is that all
> keyevents are forwarded (I guess) to the control in focus.
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> I am using Eclipse 2.1.1 and maybe the problem is solved in later
> versions, but I am currently unable to update the version.
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> I have tried as well to create an action with an accelerator key, but it
> is unreachable if focus is in a dialog.
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> Of course I can add a listener to every single control, that forwards
> the event to a global listener, but I have like a thousand controls (and
> no central controlfactory, which we of course should have created from
> the start).
>
> This is pretty annoying ... Can any of you give me some pointers?
>
> */Lars
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