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rovshanb

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Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 1:26pm

Cross platform Edit (F2) key

Hi, I'm new to Qt, so please excuse me if I'm asking dummy question.
I'm creating an application where I want to react to edit key (F2) by opening a dialog box for editing items.

Currently I use this code:

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void ConnectDialog::keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
{
	switch(event->key()){
	case Qt::Key_F2: //line of interest
    	editConnection();
    	break;
	case Qt::Key_Delete:
    	deleteConnection();
    	break;
	default:
    	QDialog::keyReleaseEvent(event);
	}
}


However as my colleagues that use Mac told me, Enter key is more appropriate for editing items on Mac.
How should I change this code so that it works appropriately on every supported platform?

Thanks in advance!

tomasstr

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Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 7:07pm

One way to do that is to use #if defined. Something like this

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...
switch(event->key()){
#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
  case Qt::Key_Enter:
#else
  case Qt::Key_F2:
#endif
  editConnection();
  break;
  ...


This way code compiled on Mac will have an Enter and for other os'es - F2 used for edit.

P.S. Please check actual values of Q_xx_xxx for OS's you need.

rovshanb

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Thursday, October 28th 2010, 8:39am

Ok, thank you for the answer!