Re: detect ctrl+c in key_press_event handler

[Yann Leboulanger <asterix lagaule org>]

Ken Resander wrote:
> Hi Yann,
> 
> Doing it the long way may work...
> 
> static bool ctrldown = false ;
> char codeforctrlkey = GDK_Control_L; // or whatever code is returned
> 
> gboolean keypresscallback ( GtkWidget * w, ...)
>    {
>    if ( event->keyval == codeforctrlkey )
>       {
>       ctrldown = true ;
>       }
>    else if ( ctrldown && (event->keyval == 'C') )
>       {
>       // action
>       }
>    }
> 
> gboolean keyreleasecallback ( GtkWidget * w, ...)
>    {
>    if ( event->keyval == codeforctrlkey )
>       {
>       ctrldown = false ;
>       }
>    }
> 
> Ken
> 
> --- On *Sat, 30/1/10, Yann Leboulanger /<asterix lagaule org>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Yann Leboulanger <asterix lagaule org>
>     Subject: detect ctrl+c in key_press_event handler
>     To: gtk-list gnome org
>     Date: Saturday, 30 January, 2010, 5:23 AM
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     I'd like to detect a ctrl+C in a key_press_event handler. I wrote (in
>     pygtk):
> 
>     keyc, mod = gtk.accelerator_parse('<Control>c')
>     if event.state & mod and event.keyval == keyc:
>        blabla
> 
>     But that doesn't work on non-latin (russian) keyboard.
> 
>     On those keyboard, keyc is 0
> 
>     What's the correct way to detect that?
> 
>     Thanks for your help
>     -- 
>     Yann Leboulanger
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unfortunatly that doesn't work. event->keyval == 'C' doesn't work in
non-latin keyboard