RE: key accelerator bindings

["Boncek, John" <jboncek Hunter COM>]

It shows that each of the keys is being pressed and released, so it's not
just that the physical keys are not working. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Olexiy Avramchenko [mailto:olexiy ctech cn ua] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:31 AM
To: Boncek, John
Cc: gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
Subject: Re: key accelerator bindings

Boncek, John wrote:
> We are using GTK 2.2.4 under MontaVista Linux with IceWM.  We have been
> able to assign F1 thru F8,  Page Up, Page Down, Enter, and keypad Enter
as
> accelerator keys in our application, using the GTK accelerator group
> functions.  But other keys are not working, including F9 thru F12, the
> Print Screen key, and the up- and down-arrow keys.  Does something in
the
> envirornment absorb those keys before allowing them to be caught in an
> app?  Here is a typical key-binding operation from our code:
>
>       m_pVPVAccelGroup = gtk_accel_group_new();
>       
>       GClosure *      pSpoilerModeClosure             =
> g_cclosure_new(G_CALLBACK(SpoilerModeHotKeyCallback), this, NULL);
>       gtk_accel_group_connect(m_pVPVAccelGroup, GDK_F8,
> GdkModifierType(0), GtkAccelFlags(0), pSpoilerModeClosure);
>       g_closure_unref(pSpoilerModeClosure);
>
>       gtk_window_add_accel_group(g_pTheMainWindow->GetGtkTopWindow(),
> m_pVPVAccelGroup);
>
> This works, but if I change just the keysym GDK_F8 to any of GDK_F9 thru
> GDK_F12, it doesnât, and the callback is not activated.
What 'xev' says on that keys ?

        Olexiy