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QShortcut	QShortcut

The QShortcut class is used to create keyboard shortcuts.

This class is a JS wrapper around Qt's QShortcut class

QShortcut inherits from EventWidget

Example

const { QShortcut, QKeySequence, QMainWindow } = require("@nodegui/nodegui");

const win = new QMainWindow();
const shortcut = new QShortcut(win);
shortcut.setKey(new QKeySequence("Ctrl+M"));
shortcut.setEnabled(true);
shortcut.addEventListener(QShortcutEvents.activated, () => {
  console.log("Shortcut Activated");
});

win.show();
global.win = win;
global.shortcut = shortcut;

new QShortcut(parent)

• parent NodeWidget. Any widget inheriting from NodeWidget can be passed as a parent. This will make this shortcut bind to the parent widget.

Static Methods

QShortcut can access all the static methods defined in EventWidget

Instance Properties

QShortcut can access all the instance properties defined in EventWidget

Instance Methods

QShortcut can access all the instance methods defined in EventWidget. Additionally it also has the following instance methods:

shortcut.setEnabled(enabled)

This property holds whether the shortcut is enabled. It calls the native method QShortcut: setEnabled.

• enabled - Boolean

shortcut.setAutoRepeat(on)

This property holds whether the shortcut can auto repeat. It calls the native method QShortcut: setAutoRepeat.

• on - Boolean

shortcut.setKey(keySequence)

This property holds the shortcut's key sequence. It calls the native method QShortcut: setKey.

• keySequence QKeySequence

shortcut.setContext(contextEnum)

This property holds the context in which the shortcut is valid. It calls the native method QShortcut: setContext.

• contextEnum - ShortcutContext enum.