[bercobeute]

Catching key events of a Canvas is described in the documents, but is it also possible to catch key events of a Text type?

[bercobeute]

is this impossible?

[bercobeute]

I just found:

Text.bind(event_code, callback)

The problem is that this only allows for binding one event_code (keypress) to the callback object. How can I bind multiple (or all) event_codes to the callable object? Is there maybe one keycode for all keys?

[lhuovine]

You can call bind() several times with different event codes and callback functions.

[bercobeute]

Originally Posted by lhuovine

You can call bind() several times with different event codes and callback functions.

I tried that (see code below), but in that case only the last bind works:

keyCodesList =[key_codes.EKey0, key_codes.EKey1]
for keyCode in keyCodesList:
    titleTextComponent.bind(keyCode, callBackObj)

[bercobeute]

I now see that the code below listens to numbers being typed in. I just want to know whether the key was pressed (whether in number mode or in text mode). I tried 'key_codes.EScancode0' instead of 'key_codes.EKey0'. No success. Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by bercobeute

I tried that (see code below), but in that case only the last bind works:

keyCodesList =[key_codes.EKey0, key_codes.EKey1]
for keyCode in keyCodesList:
    titleTextComponent.bind(keyCode, callBackObj)

[kaiss7981]

I'm trying to do the same thing with no luck... it seems text.bind() could work but I can't find scan codes for characters that work for the text widget. Is this possible?

[bercobeute]

I added a feature request for the next version of pys60: being able to call Text.bind() several times with different event codes and the same callback function.

[kaiss7981]

Another thought... is there someway to trap a keypress event at the OS level and access that from python?