Re: [gtk-list] Accelerators

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Jens Askengren <ebo000441@ktv.eboab.se> writes: 
> Imagine a typical Yes-No dialog. Pressing enter will have the same effect
> as clicking on yes. Pressing escape will equal no.
> 

Note that GnomeDialog already does these two for you...

 
> gtk_widget_add_accelerator (dialog, "delete-event",
> 			    accel_group, GDK_Escape, 0, 0);
> 
> Why can't I do that?
>

Because delete-event requires an argument (the event), and there is no
argument available when the user presses escape.
 
> Should these accelerator require a modifier (ie GDK_MOD1_MASK) like
> menus do? 
> 

GTK imposes no standard, and since few apps do this there's no
convention either. What does Windows do?

Havoc