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- Subject: Re: setting a button key to be ESC
- Message-ID: <SCOTT.92Sep7160540@nic.gac.edu>
- From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
- Date: 7 Sep 92 16:05:40
- References: <Bu68tK.37L@cs.psu.edu> <1992Sep7.150548.8473@next.cambridge.ma.us>
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- In-reply-to: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us's message of 7 Sep 92 15:05:48 GMTLines: 21
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- In article <1992Sep7.150548.8473@next.cambridge.ma.us>
- simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
- >In article <Bu68tK.37L@cs.psu.edu>
- > grio@colossus.cs.psu.edu (Daniel L Grillo) writes:
- >> I should have been more explict. A button in a _Panel_ can have a key
- >> equivalent that is not a command key. Keys like "d" and "." work fine.
- >> I was hoping there was a way to use ESC, without subclassing Panel.
- >
- >What makes you think this? NeXT's Calculator demo? Their Panel
- >subclass turns all keypresses into Command keypresses.
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- What gave it away to me is when I ran IB, pulled in a Panel, but
- a Button on it, made the Key for it a 'd', and then did a Run/Test.
- Pressing d caused the Button to flash, regardless of whether I had
- Command down or not. [Really, try it, it works.]
-
- Later,
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