This recipe is for registering system wide hotkeys--key combinations that are captured whether or not your app/window has the current focus. Works only under MS Windows.
a function to handle HotKey events (EVT_HOTKEY)
First, register the hotkey. Bind the event to the event handler.
Must have the win32 extensions installed. The Window.RegisterHotKey function takes the win32con.VK_* keycodes, rather than the wx.WVK_* keycodes.
1 import wx
2 import win32con #for the VK keycodes
3
4 class FrameWithHotKey(wx.Frame):
5 def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
6 wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
7 self.regHotKey()
8 self.Bind(wx.EVT_HOTKEY, self.handleHotKey, id=self.hotKeyId)
9 def regHotKey(self):
10 """
11 This function registers the hotkey Alt+F1 with id=100
12 """
13 self.hotKeyId = 100
14 self.RegisterHotKey(
15 self.hotKeyId, #a unique ID for this hotkey
16 win32con.MOD_ALT, #the modifier key
17 win32con.VK_F1) #the key to watch for
18 def handleHotKey(self, evt):
19 """
20 Prints a simple message when a hotkey event is received.
21 """
22 print "do hot key actions"
23
RegisterHotKey (last edited 2008-03-11 10:50:31 by localhost)