On 10 aug 2010, at 21:48, Benjamin Esham <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I got a new MacBook Pro recently and I like the new hardware buttons for > play/pause and skip [of iTunes or whatever's running]. However, there are > some cases when I'm not sure whether or not I've pressed the button > successfully; e.g. if I pause a quiet song in iTunes, there might not be an > appreciable difference in sound to indicate that the keypress worked. (I > have my system set up to require the Function key for these functions, and I > have a keyboard protector, so sometimes it's iffy as to whether or not I > successfully pressed the key.) > > I'm writing to ask if there is any way to display a bezel upon pressing one > of these keys, similarly to how a bezel is displayed on pressing one of the > display brightness, keyboard brightness, or sound keys. That would be great > as a hard-to-miss visual indicator that the system did in fact receive my > keypress. Does any existing utility do this, or can anyone think of a way > to hack this together? > I'm sitting on the subway unable to look in to it but what crossed my mind is you should at least check what Growl (Gooooogle it if you havn't a link already) can do for you here. It can at least do this for some events but I'm far from sure it listens and react exactly as you wish. Responses to events is highly adjustable but the list of possible events is preconfigured and static. If Growl doesn't offer what you want out of the box I think it is a good start if you're willing to do some coding. But before you do dive in to the code you ought to check if this actually is already implemented in the system/iTunes but isn't turned on. There are plenty of Apple-implemented stuff that is hidden and off. You usually find them as a 'defaults' parameter. This one, if it exist would probably be a boolean. Since such hidden Apple-stuff is, well hidden, there might be some difficulties finding them. Or you might be in luck and find a list with all of them. Or something in between. Sorry for not gaving a dead on solution but it is better to give you possibile solutions and the job to investigate than to keep quiet afraid of sending you on the wrong way. These options are uncertain! // John Stalberg_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
