From kde-devel  Sun Jun 14 23:27:46 2009
From: Ian Wadham <ianw2 () optusnet ! com ! au>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:27:46 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Press any key ...
Message-Id: <200906150927.46819.ianw2 () optusnet ! com ! au>
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Some applications have situations in which it would be
nice to offer the user (especially a new user) the opportunity
to press any key in order to proceed, for example to end
an initial demo, information session or tutorial.  Of course,
that can be disabled in a setting later, but I am thinking of
the first few times the application is used.

In KDE and Qt applications, keys get dedicated to "shortcuts"
fairly early on, when the main window appears.  Is there some
simple way to bypass the shortcuts temporarily and restore
them later?  And is there an equally simple way for an
application temporarily to receive "any" key in its central widget,
whatever type of widget that may be (i.e. not just a text box)?

Or is there some other way to implement "Press any key ..."?

Hope you can help.
Cheers, Ian Wadham.
 
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