Gdk.EventKey - Structures - Gdk 3.0 (original) (raw)
Fields¶
| Name | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| group | int | r/w | the keyboard group. |
| hardware_keycode | int | r/w | the raw code of the key that was pressed or released. |
| is_modifier | int | r/w | a flag that indicates if hardware_keycode is mapped to a modifier. |
| keyval | int | r/w | the key that was pressed or released. See the gdk/gdkkeysyms.h header file for a complete list of GDK key codes. |
| length | int | r/w | the length of string. |
| send_event | int | r/w | True if the event was sent explicitly. |
| state | Gdk.ModifierType | r/w | a bit-mask representing the state of the modifier keys (e.g. Control, Shift and Alt) and the pointer buttons. See Gdk.ModifierType. |
| string | str | r/w | a string containing an approximation of the text that would result from this keypress. The only correct way to handle text input of text is using input methods (see #GtkIMContext), so this field is deprecated and should never be used. (Gdk.unicode_to_keyval() provides a non-deprecated way of getting an approximate translation for a key.) The string is encoded in the encoding of the current locale (Note: this for backwards compatibility: strings in GTK+ and GDK are typically in UTF-8.) and NUL-terminated. In some cases, the translation of the key code will be a single NUL byte, in which case looking at length is necessary to distinguish it from the an empty translation. |
| time | int | r/w | the time of the event in milliseconds. |
| type | Gdk.EventType | r/w | the type of the event (Gdk.EventType.KEY_PRESS or Gdk.EventType.KEY_RELEASE). |
| window | Gdk.Window | r/w | the window which received the event. |
Methods¶
None
Details¶
class Gdk.EventKey¶
Describes a key press or key release event.