Window:shortcut()

Window:shortcut(key, [ctrl], [shift], [alt])method

Sets a new keyboard shortcut for the window.

Parameters

key

A one character string, which represents the key that will throw the shortcut's provided function.

[ctrl]

An optional boolean value, indicating if the CONTROL key must be pressed to fire the shortcut.

[shift]

An optional boolean value, indicating if the SHIFT key must be pressed to fire the shortcut.

[alt]

An optional boolean value, indicating if the ALT key must be pressed to fire the shortcut.

Return value

The method returns no value.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import ui

-- create a window
local win = ui.Window("Window:shortcut() sample", 320, 200)

-- create a label
local label = ui.Label(win, "Press CTRL-X to exit...")

-- prevent the window to close when pressing the window close button
function win:onClose()
	return false
end

-- the CTRL-X shortcut function
function close_window()
	win:hide()
end

-- set the CTRL-X shortcut
win:shortcut("x", close_window, true)

win:show()

while win.visible do
	ui.update()
end