Re: GTK use of function keys

[Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt>]

> I have a control screen with buttons representing the keyboard function
> keys.  I want to allow the operator to click the screen button or press the
> function key on the keyboard.  I have code working that detects the event
> "key_press" but I am unable to detect any function keys.  The event->length
> value is always 0 for these keys.  GIMP uses the "F1" key for help so I know
> this is do-able.  What am I missing?

Carlos

gint callback_handle_key_press (GtkWidget *widget, 
GdkEventKey *event, gpointer data)
{
...

switch (event->keyval)
  {
  case GDK_Escape:
  ...

  case GDK_F1:
  ...

  case GDK_F2:
  ...

  case GDK_F3:
  ...

  case GDK_Page_Down:
  ...
  }
}