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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Detecting a keypress during some heavy operation
From: Jeroen Wijnhout <Jeroen.Wijnhout () kdemail ! net>
Date: 2004-02-06 14:28:36
Message-ID: 200402061528.36367.Jeroen.Wijnhout () kdemail ! net
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On Friday 06 February 2004 14:41, Andras Mantia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to detect if the user pressed the key while the app is doing
> some heavy operation, so it will be possible to suspend/stop that operation
> and make the user interface more responsive. Is it possible to do without
> threads (I'd like to avoid them as they may introduce new problems)? I've
> tried reimplementing the keyPressEvent in the widget which has
> the focus (the editor widget), but it seems that it is never called.
It is a long shot, but maybe it is of help to you. When I was trying to catch
KeyEvents from a KPart (KatePart actually), I discovered that installing an
eventFilter on this part does not catch the KeyEvents. Instead you have to
detect the QEvent::AccelOverride events.
hth,
Jeroen
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