PySide version:
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from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
from shiboken import wrapInstance
import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui
mainWin = wrapInstance(long(mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow()), QtGui.QWidget)
action = QtGui.QAction(mainWin)
action.setShortcut(QtGui.QKeySequence(QtCore.Qt.Key_Tab))
action.setShortcutContext(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
def foo():
print "TAB!"
action.triggered.connect(foo)
mainWin.addAction(action)
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On Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 10:38:42 AM UTC-5, Marcus Ottosson wrote:
> Works perfectly, thanks Justin!
>
> Marcus
>
> Den onsdagen den 7:e november 2012 kl. 18:33:11 UTC skrev Justin Israel:Check
> this out. You can create a QAction that is set to the Application context,
> and then attach it to the MainWindow:
>
>
> ####
>
> from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
> import sip
>
>
>
> import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui
>
>
> mainWin = sip.wrapinstance(long(mui.MQtUtil.mainWindow()), QtGui.QWidget)
>
>
> action = QtGui.QAction(mainWin)
> action.setShortcut(QtGui.QKeySequence(QtCore.Qt.Key_Tab))
>
> action.setShortcutContext(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
>
>
> def foo():
> print "TAB!"
>
> action.triggered.connect(foo)
> mainWin.addAction(action)
>
> ####
>
>
> Whenever I press TAB with the MainWindow in focus, I get the action
> triggered.
> Now you could either save the reference to the action and slot, and
> disconnect/reconnect to new ones for hot key references...or..you could just
> set this all up once and have the slot call a function on your class that you
> can simply replace at any time. That way you never have to mess with the
> action or original slot. You just update whatever function the slot calls.
>
>
>
> -- justin
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Judah Baron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing you need to go higher up in the object hierarchy with the event
> filter. There is probably something else swallowing that event so you never
> receive it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for your response. I should've mentioned, I did try installing an
> event filter, but it reported events from essentially ALL keys, EXCEPT tab. :)
>
>
>
> I'll give it another go tonight. Can you think of any other way to hook into
> the tab key?
>
>
>
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