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Special type of Action for key actions.

• implements: IKeyStroke
• extends: AbstractKeyStroke

Description

In Eclipse Scout you can set KeyStrokes to components (such as Menus, Buttons, StringFields, GroupBoxes...). A KeyStroke represents a certain key sequence on the keyboard and can be associated with an action if the key sequence is pressed. For example one can associate a KeyStroke (F5) on a table in order to refresh it.

A KeyStroke in Scout is defined as a String and set via

@Override
protected String getConfiguredKeyStroke() {
  return "<keyStrokeDefinition>";
}

Below you will see some examples of keyStrokes:

• "Alt-F4" --> alternate-f4
• "Ctrl+Alt+1" --> control-alternate-1
• "F1" --> f1
• "F10" --> f10
• "Ctrl-Shift-1" --> control-shift-1
• "Ctrl-Shift-a" --> control-shift-a

If you want to map keys from the numeric keypad you need to use those keys identifiers in scout:

• "ADD" --> the "+" key in the numpad
• "SUBTRACT" --> the "-" key in the numpad
• "DIVIDE" --> the "/" key in the numpad
• "MULTIPLY" --> the "*" key in the numpad

Scout defines predefined Strings which will be mapped to keyStrokes:

• alternate --> Alt
• control --> Ctrl
• f1 - f12 --> F1 - F12
• shift --> Shift

Examples

KeyStroke on StringField

The following snippet shows a StringField with a keyStroke "F5", which will open a MessageBox if pressed:

public class StringField extends AbstractStringField {
 
  @Override
  protected String getConfiguredLabel() {
    return "StringField";
  }
 
  public class KeyStroke extends AbstractKeyStroke {
 
    @Override
    protected String getConfiguredKeyStroke() {
      return "f5";
    }
 
    @Override
    protected void execAction() throws ProcessingException {
      MessageBox.showOkMessage("KeyStroke", "F5 pressed on TextField", "");
    }
  }
}

KeyStroke on ContextMenu

The following snippet shows a SmartField with a context menu and a keyStroke "F5", which will open a MessageBox if pressed:

public class SmartFieldMenu extends AbstractExtensibleMenu {
 
  @Override
  protected void execAction() throws ProcessingException {
    MessageBox.showOkMessage("KeyStroke", "Alt+2 pressed on SmartField", "");
  }
 
  @Override
  protected String getConfiguredKeyStroke() {
    return "alt-2";
  }
 
  @Override
  protected String getConfiguredText() {
    return TEXTS.get("ContextMenu with KeyStroke");
    }
  }
}

Will result in:

Screenshot

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Properties

Defined with getConfiguredXxxxxx() methods.

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Events

Defined with execXxxxxx() methods.

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See Also

• Action
• Client Plug-In