[Oorexx-rfes] [ oorexx-Feature Requests-1779444 ] Enhance ooDialog for function key or hotkeys

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Feature Requests item #1779444, was opened at 2007-08-22 07:08
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Category: External Functions
>Group: v3.2.0
>Status: Pending
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Mark Miesfeld (miesfeld)
Summary: Enhance ooDialog for function key or hotkeys

Initial Comment:
Enhance ooDialog support to provide the ability to detect the entering of a function key or a ctl-, alt-, or shift-key combination.  This enhances the functionality of ooDialog and could provide a more user friendly interface.  Many software packages provide hotkey support and it would be convenient if ooDialog did the same.

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>Comment By: Mark Miesfeld (miesfeld)
Date: 2007-10-05 19:18

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Committed revision 877.

This commit allows the user to connect ooDialog methods to key press
events, either for the entrie dialog or for individual controls.  Key down
for individual keys or for multiple keys can be connected to a method and
multiple methods can be set up for different keys.  I.e., the user could
connect function keys F2 through F4 to a method, Alt-f to a method, and F8
through F12 to another.

A (simplistic) filter can be assigned to refine when the connected method
is invoked.

When the key down event method is inovked, the method receives 5 arguments
that allow the user to know the exact key pressed and the state of the
shift, control, alt, caps lock, num lock, scroll lock keys at the time of
the key press. Any of Micorsoft's defined virtual keys can be connected.

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Comment By: Mark Miesfeld (miesfeld)
Date: 2007-10-02 07:25

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I have the ability to detect all key presses in ooDialog implemented.  A
key press is an event, this will be implemented like the other event
notification methods in ooDialog.  I.e., you will use a connectXXXX method
that ties the event to a method you define in your dialog class.

You can connect the events for a single dialog control (any control) or
for the whole dialog.  The underlying implementation of these 2 things is
completly different, but from an ooDialog user's perspective they will look
the same.  There will be one method that is a member of the the dialog
class and a method that is a member of the dialog control class.

I just need to get the proper names for the methods and I plan on
committing this before the 10/7/2007 cut off date.

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Comment By: Mark Miesfeld (miesfeld)
Date: 2007-09-30 13:42

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Committed revision 849.

This commit adds the connectHelp method to the base dialog.  It allows the
user to detect the F1 key and 'connect' the pressing of the F1 key to a
method in their dialog class.

Four args are sent to the connected method.  

1.) The resource ID of the dialog, dialog control, or menu item that has
the focus when the F1 key was pressed.

2.) Whether the ID is for a window (dialog or dialog control) or for a
menu item.

3.) The x position of the mouse at the time of the key press.

4.) The y position of the mouse at the time of the key press.

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Comment By: Mark Miesfeld (miesfeld)
Date: 2007-08-22 07:56

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I agree that this would be useful in ooDialog.  I already have some
private code that implements the basics.  So, I will work on this, but can
not say how quickly it will get committed.

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