New keyboard shortcuts

[Merik]

Hi

How can I assign keyboard shortcuts for certain dialog boxes, such as GPS settings or Flight Manager?

Thanks in advance,

Merik

[Gijs]

Hi Merik,

do you want to open the dialgo by a shortkey, or do you want to control the dialog by a shortkey (after it's opened)? The first is simple, just create a key binding in keyboard.xml with:

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<binding>
   <command>dialog-show</command>
   <dialog-name>route-manager</dialog-name>
</binding>

You can lookup those bindings in gui/menubar.xml (there are all the menu dialogs defined).

Cheers,
Gijs

[Merik]

That's just what I wanted to do. And thanks for guiding me to the menubar XML file.

[Merik]

Can you also explain how I can get the code for each key? So for example, I know the code for F1 is 257. Is there a list of these keycodes? I'm asking because apparently, the extended ASCII codes are not being used.

Another question I have is, where are the default keyboard shortcuts for menu items set? So for example, F12 brings the radio settings dialogue up, but I can't find this defined in the keyboard.xml file.

[Gijs]

Can you also explain how I can get the code for each key?

With FlightGear started, open the property browser (/ key) and browse to devices/status/keyboard/event/key that'll you show you the number of the key you currently press; IIRC.

where are the default keyboard shortcuts for menu items set?

In $FG_ROOT/keyboard.xml, all default keyboard items are set there.

[Merik]

With FlightGear started, open the property browser (/ key) and browse to devices/status/keyboard/event/key that'll you show you the number of the key you currently press; IIRC.

Thank you, it worked.