[DUG] Mainform ActionList keyboard shortcuts from other forms

[Ross Levis]

I tried a dummy menu and it works.  I may as well do it this way and copy
the menu to each form.  Now the shortcuts can be changed, enabled, disabled,
etc, and this is reflected throughout the program.  Not so messy after all.

 

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[mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Ross Levis
Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013 11:13 p.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] Mainform ActionList keyboard shortcuts from other forms

 

I have noticed you can assign event properties in another form to an action
on the mainform, but in this case there is no component in each form to
assign each action, so not relevant in this case.

 

I suppose I could put a hidden menu on each form and assign menu items to
each of the actions on the mainform.  But rather messy.

 

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[mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Kyley Harris
Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013 8:49 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Mainform ActionList keyboard shortcuts from other forms

 

from what I'm aware, and you can look at the source to confirm, but any
action in an action list on the main form are handled by all forms. the
action call back code checks the active form, before asking the mainform to
test it. 

I have just added basic edit cut,copy paste actions to my main form and have
a single popup menu on the main form, which i dynamically bind to all edit
controls in the app. its working perfectly

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Ross Levis <ross at stationplaylist.com> wrote:

What would be the easiest method to get some shortcuts that are defined in
an Actionlist on the mainform to work when another form has the focus?

 

I have code to set the ShortCut number in the Actionlist based on user
settings.

 

I believe I can use TApplication.OnShortCut and manually check for keys
pressed.  Is that the best method?  It will mean duplicating code as I still
need the ActionList for some associated buttons and menu items.

 

Ross.


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