On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:21:19 -0700 Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >So, my question is simple. What is the best way for the main form to >catch a key press event? Any snippets of code would be appreciated. I'm a Perl guy, so excuse any c sloppiness. /* cc -g `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0` -o keywatch keywatch.c */ #include <gtk/gtk.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h> gboolean on_key_press (GtkWidget * window, GdkEventKey* pKey, gpointer userdata){ if (pKey->type == GDK_KEY_PRESS){ g_print("%i\n", pKey->keyval); switch (pKey->keyval) { case GDK_Escape : gtk_main_quit (); break; } } return FALSE; } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { GtkWidget * window; /* Gtk2->init; */ gtk_init (&argc, &argv); /* my $window = new Gtk2::Window; */ window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL); g_signal_connect (window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), NULL); g_signal_connect (window, "key-press-event", G_CALLBACK (on_key_press), NULL); /* $window->show_all(); */ gtk_widget_show_all (window); /* Gtk2->main; */ gtk_main (); return 0; } zentara -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. http://zentara.net/japh.html _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list