From kde-devel  Tue Jul 16 21:35:26 2002
From: aleXXX <alexander.neundorf () gmx ! net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:35:26 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: global key press and key release events
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On Tuesday 16 July 2002 15:34, Kuba Ober wrote:
> > I'd like to get X11-global keypress and keyrelease events.
> > I tried the following in KGlobalAccel:
>
> Why not install an event filter in QApplication?
>
> I think that KGlobalAccel wasn't designed for what you want to do. AFAIK it
> should only react to releases of modifier keys like shift, control, alt,
> meta, etc. It shouldn't react to releases of non-modifier keys -- did you
> ever see a global accelerator in a program which is a key-release rather
> than keypress accelerator? ;-) BTW many, if not all keyboards cannot handle
> multiple non-modifier keypresses at the same time (so if you press say Q, A
> and W together, you may only see say two of the three keypresses), IIRC.
>
> Cheers, Kuba Ober

Well, I want to start an "action" (not in the sense of KAction) when a key is 
pressed down, and stop it when the key is released again.

I already tried something with x11EventFilter(), but it didn't work as I 
expected it to. Maybe I should try again.

Bye
Alex

 
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