Lots of good information. It seems that what I want should work and as mentioned does work with unadorned numeric equivalents but does not with unadorned alphabet equivalents.
So I am still searching but thanks to all. On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:14 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: > On Aug 4, 2011, at 23:42 , Kyle Sluder wrote: > >> Not being an Aperture user myself: Is Aperture a Cocoa app? Do these key >> equivalents work if the main content view isn't first responder. Are they >> even assigned in the menus? >> >> FWIW we do have unadorned keys like Z to zoom in OmniGraffle. I'm not sure >> how it implements that. > > I believe that key equivalents *without* the Command key started being > supported in Cocoa applications some time before Leopard. > > I believe that this capability superseded a harder-to-use Carbon technique, > and also provided standard menu drawing for the shift, option and control key > symbols, something that had always needed custom code in Carbon. > > I believe we established a few weeks ago that the sequence is something like > this: > > -- Key combinations that *do* include the Command key are intercepted before > the first responder gets a look at them. > > -- If they are consumed by a menu item, the first responder never sees them. > > -- Otherwise, or if they *don't* include the Command key, they're sent to the > responder chain normally. > > -- If the responder chain doesn't consume them, then they're interpreted as > menu item shortcuts if possible. > > -- If they're not consumed by a menu item, the application beeps. > > Those probably aren't the exact details, but this order means that typing > works normally in a text field, even if the typed characters are otherwise > interpretable as non-Command key equivalents. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/koko%40highrolls.net > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
