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# KeyboardShortcut

Keyboard shortcuts describe combinations of keys on a keyboard that the user
can press in order to activate a button or toggle.

```
struct KeyboardShortcut
```

## Topics

### Getting standard shortcuts

[`cancelAction`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/cancelAction)

The standard keyboard shortcut for cancelling the in-progress action
or dismissing a prompt, consisting of the Escape (⎋) key and no
modifiers.

[`defaultAction`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/defaultAction)

The standard keyboard shortcut for the default button, consisting of
the Return (↩) key and no modifiers.

### Creating a shortcut

[`init(_:modifiers:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/init(_:modifiers:))

Creates a new keyboard shortcut with the given key equivalent and set of
modifier keys.

[`key`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/key)

The key equivalent that the user presses in conjunction with any
specified modifier keys to activate the shortcut.

[`modifiers`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/modifiers)

The modifier keys that the user presses in conjunction with a key
equivalent to activate the shortcut.

### Creating a localized shortcut

[`init(_:modifiers:localization:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/init(_:modifiers:localization:))

Creates a new keyboard shortcut with the given key equivalent and set of
modifier keys.

[`localization`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/localization-swift.property)

The localization strategy to apply to this shortcut.

[`KeyboardShortcut.Localization`](/documentation/SwiftUI/KeyboardShortcut/Localization-swift.struct)

Options for how a keyboard shortcut participates in automatic localization.


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