Re: [gtk-list] Accelerators again

[Ted Roth <troth netmagic net>]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Nils Rennebarth wrote:

> Noone answered my question about accelerators yet, so here it is again:
> 
> How do make pressing a certain key (on the keyboard) in my application
> to do the same as klicking a button?
> 
> I.e.: there is a button:
> 
>         button=gtk_button_new_with_label("Quit");
>         gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(button), "clicked",
>                            GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(delete), NULL);
> 
> and I would like to make pressing "q" to do the same, that is to call the
> delete function.
> 
> How do I do this?
> 

Here's a function I wrote that does exactly what you want and will even
under line the acc-key for you.

Enjoy.

Ted Roth



/*
 * An underscore '_' in label defines the accelerator key.
 */
void add_button( GtkWidget *box,       GtkAccelGroup *ac_grp,
                 gchar *label,         GtkSignalFunc signal,
                 gpointer data )
{
  GtkWidget *button;
  guint tmp_key;

  button = gtk_button_new_with_label( "" );
  tmp_key = gtk_label_parse_uline( GTK_LABEL(GTK_BIN(button)->child),
    label );

  gtk_signal_connect( GTK_OBJECT(button), "clicked", signal, data );
  gtk_box_pack_start( GTK_BOX(box), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0 );

  gtk_widget_add_accelerator( button, "clicked", ac_grp, tmp_key, 0,
                        GTK_ACCEL_VISIBLE | GTK_ACCEL_SIGNAL_VISIBLE );

  gtk_widget_show( button );
}