Re: [wxlua-users] Key events

[John L. <jla...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Andre Arpin <ar...@ki...> wrote:
> Milind Gupta <milind.gupta@...> writes:
>>
>> Thanks John for the quick reply. I changed the connect statement to :
>>
>> frame:Connect(ID_FRAME, wx.wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK, CharKeyEvent)
>>
>> That seems to be catching all keys except the alphabets and numbers. How do I
> catch those? Also how do I catch key combinations like Ctrl-X?
>>
> Try this
> ---------------------
> frame = wx.wxFrame( wx.NULL, wx.wxID_ANY, "Testing")
> frame:Show(true)
> frame:Connect(wx.wxID_ANY, wx.wxEVT_CHAR,
>    function(event)
>        print(event, event.KeyCode)
>    end)

Getting key events for a frame does not work in Linux, but you can on
a child panel (which you should always have in any case). To check for
Ctrl/Alt/Shift use wxKeyBoardEvent:Alt/Ctrl/ShiftDown().

Milind, perhaps you're looking for a wxAccelerator or even a menu item
with the accelerator attached, "E&xit\tCtrl-X" ?

Regards,
     John