Hi all, I'm developing an enterprise application and all users scream for keyboard shortcuts. And not shortcuts like you see in GMail (focus some widget, press c to compose a new mail etc) but true CTRL+N, CTRL+S like you see in a desktop application. I thought it really couldn't be done, till I tried the google docs in Chrome: CTRL+B made my text bold. Wow, that works! But probably it only works on Chrome right, I thought, so I didn't really believe in it and let it pass.
Then I saw Microsoft releasing keyboard shortcuts in Hotmail. I tried one and I got a pop up saying "hey you pressed some key, did you mean it as keyboard shortcut?"... hahaha, so again I let it pass and thought it couldn't be done. But today I saw Microsoft releasing their Word, Excel... Office suite on-line (search for Office Web Apps). I tried CTRL+B and it put my text in bold and didn't show my Bookmarks bar instead! In IE8 and Chrome. Now, some proof that it doesn't really work all of the time: I selected the text on the top of the page, hit CTRL+S and nothing happens... there goes my belief in in-browser keyboard shortcuts again. I guess the keyboard listener is only put on the textarea and ribbon bar and not a "true browser window listener". Still, my question stands: how can I block keyboard shortcuts like CTR+O, CTRL+N and do something with them instead of letting the browser handle them (CTRL+N typically opens a new browser window, I don't want that)? Any advice is much appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
