Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp / Part 2 - Working With MacApp

Chapter 20 -
Working With the Keyboard

This chapter describes how to respond to keystrokes and key combinations in a MacApp application. It also includes recipes and sample code that demonstrate how to

• work with the keyboard (a general outline)
• handle a keystroke other than a Command-key combination
• respond to a Command-key combination

For a detailed description of keystroke dispatching, see "Target Chain Dispatching" on page 107.

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Chapter Contents

Overview

Simple Keystrokes

Command-Key Combinations With Menu Command Equivalents

Command-Key Combinations With No Menu Equivalent

Other Modifier Keys

Function Keys and Other Extended Keyboard Keys

Scripting Note

Recipes--The Keyboard

Working With the Keyboard--A General Outline

Recipe--Handling a Keystroke Other Than a Command-Key Combination

Override the DoKeyEvent Method of an Event-Handling or Behavior Class

Recipe--Responding to a Command-Key Combination

Override DoCommandKeyEvent in an Event-Handling or Behavior Class