Dialog for building Tkinter accelerator key bindings
class GetKeysDialog(Toplevel):
def __init__(self,parent,title,action,currentKeySequences,_htest=False):
action - string, the name of the virtual event these keys will be
currentKeys - list, a list of all key sequence lists currently mapped
to virtual events, for overlap checking
_htest - bool, change box location when running htest
Toplevel.__init__(self, parent)
self.configure(borderwidth=5)
self.resizable(height=FALSE,width=FALSE)
self.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", self.Cancel)
self.currentKeySequences=currentKeySequences
self.keyString=StringVar(self)
self.SetModifiersForPlatform() # set self.modifiers, self.modifier_label
for modifier in self.modifiers:
variable = StringVar(self)
self.modifier_vars.append(variable)
self.withdraw() #hide while setting geometry
(parent.winfo_width()/2 - self.winfo_reqwidth()/2),
((parent.winfo_height()/2 - self.winfo_reqheight()/2)
) ) #centre dialog over parent (or below htest box)
self.deiconify() #geometry set, unhide
frameMain = Frame(self,borderwidth=2,relief=SUNKEN)
frameMain.pack(side=TOP,expand=TRUE,fill=BOTH)
frameButtons.pack(side=BOTTOM,fill=X)
self.buttonOK = Button(frameButtons,text='OK',
self.buttonOK.grid(row=0,column=0,padx=5,pady=5)
self.buttonCancel = Button(frameButtons,text='Cancel',
width=8,command=self.Cancel)
self.buttonCancel.grid(row=0,column=1,padx=5,pady=5)
self.frameKeySeqBasic = Frame(frameMain)
self.frameKeySeqAdvanced = Frame(frameMain)
self.frameControlsBasic = Frame(frameMain)
self.frameHelpAdvanced = Frame(frameMain)
self.frameKeySeqAdvanced.grid(row=0,column=0,sticky=NSEW,padx=5,pady=5)
self.frameKeySeqBasic.grid(row=0,column=0,sticky=NSEW,padx=5,pady=5)
self.frameKeySeqBasic.lift()
self.frameHelpAdvanced.grid(row=1,column=0,sticky=NSEW,padx=5)
self.frameControlsBasic.grid(row=1,column=0,sticky=NSEW,padx=5)
self.frameControlsBasic.lift()
self.buttonLevel = Button(frameMain,command=self.ToggleLevel,
text='Advanced Key Binding Entry >>')
self.buttonLevel.grid(row=2,column=0,stick=EW,padx=5,pady=5)
labelTitleBasic = Label(self.frameKeySeqBasic,
text="New keys for '"+self.action+"' :")
labelTitleBasic.pack(anchor=W)
labelKeysBasic = Label(self.frameKeySeqBasic,justify=LEFT,
textvariable=self.keyString,relief=GROOVE,borderwidth=2)
labelKeysBasic.pack(ipadx=5,ipady=5,fill=X)
self.modifier_checkbuttons = {}
for modifier, variable in zip(self.modifiers, self.modifier_vars):
label = self.modifier_label.get(modifier, modifier)
check=Checkbutton(self.frameControlsBasic,
command=self.BuildKeyString,
text=label,variable=variable,onvalue=modifier,offvalue='')
check.grid(row=0,column=column,padx=2,sticky=W)
self.modifier_checkbuttons[modifier] = check
labelFnAdvice=Label(self.frameControlsBasic,justify=LEFT,
"Select the desired modifier keys\n"+
"above, and the final key from the\n"+
"list on the right.\n\n" +
"Use upper case Symbols when using\n" +
"the Shift modifier. (Letters will be\n" +
"converted automatically.)")
labelFnAdvice.grid(row=1,column=0,columnspan=4,padx=2,sticky=W)
self.listKeysFinal=Listbox(self.frameControlsBasic,width=15,height=10,
self.listKeysFinal.bind('<ButtonRelease-1>',self.FinalKeySelected)
self.listKeysFinal.grid(row=0,column=4,rowspan=4,sticky=NS)
scrollKeysFinal=Scrollbar(self.frameControlsBasic,orient=VERTICAL,
command=self.listKeysFinal.yview)
self.listKeysFinal.config(yscrollcommand=scrollKeysFinal.set)
scrollKeysFinal.grid(row=0,column=5,rowspan=4,sticky=NS)
self.buttonClear=Button(self.frameControlsBasic,
text='Clear Keys',command=self.ClearKeySeq)
self.buttonClear.grid(row=2,column=0,columnspan=4)
labelTitleAdvanced = Label(self.frameKeySeqAdvanced,justify=LEFT,
text="Enter new binding(s) for '"+self.action+"' :\n"+
"(These bindings will not be checked for validity!)")
labelTitleAdvanced.pack(anchor=W)
self.entryKeysAdvanced=Entry(self.frameKeySeqAdvanced,
textvariable=self.keyString)
self.entryKeysAdvanced.pack(fill=X)
labelHelpAdvanced=Label(self.frameHelpAdvanced,justify=LEFT,
text="Key bindings are specified using Tkinter keysyms as\n"+
"in these samples: <Control-f>, <Shift-F2>, <F12>,\n"
"<Control-space>, <Meta-less>, <Control-Alt-Shift-X>.\n"
"Upper case is used when the Shift modifier is present!\n\n" +
"'Emacs style' multi-keystroke bindings are specified as\n" +
"follows: <Control-x><Control-y>, where the first key\n" +
"is the 'do-nothing' keybinding.\n\n" +
"Multiple separate bindings for one action should be\n"+
"separated by a space, eg., <Alt-v> <Meta-v>." )
labelHelpAdvanced.grid(row=0,column=0,sticky=NSEW)
def SetModifiersForPlatform(self):
"""Determine list of names of key modifiers for this platform.
The names are used to build Tk bindings -- it doesn't matter if the
keyboard has these keys, it matters if Tk understands them. The
order is also important: key binding equality depends on it, so
config-keys.def must use the same ordering.
if sys.platform == "darwin":
self.modifiers = ['Shift', 'Control', 'Option', 'Command']
self.modifiers = ['Control', 'Alt', 'Shift']
self.modifier_label = {'Control': 'Ctrl'} # short name
if self.buttonLevel.cget('text')[:8]=='Advanced':
self.buttonLevel.config(text='<< Basic Key Binding Entry')
self.frameKeySeqAdvanced.lift()
self.frameHelpAdvanced.lift()
self.entryKeysAdvanced.focus_set()
self.buttonLevel.config(text='Advanced Key Binding Entry >>')
self.frameKeySeqBasic.lift()
self.frameControlsBasic.lift()
def FinalKeySelected(self,event):
def BuildKeyString(self):
keyList = modifiers = self.GetModifiers()
finalKey = self.listKeysFinal.get(ANCHOR)
finalKey = self.TranslateKey(finalKey, modifiers)
self.keyString.set('<' + string.join(keyList,'-') + '>')
modList = [variable.get() for variable in self.modifier_vars]
return [mod for mod in modList if mod]
self.listKeysFinal.select_clear(0,END)
self.listKeysFinal.yview(MOVETO, '0.0')
for variable in self.modifier_vars:
def LoadFinalKeyList(self):
#these tuples are also available for use in validity checks
self.functionKeys=('F1','F2','F3','F4','F5','F6','F7','F8','F9',
self.alphanumKeys=tuple(string.ascii_lowercase+string.digits)
self.punctuationKeys=tuple('~!@#%^&*()_-+={}[]|;:,.<>/?')
self.whitespaceKeys=('Tab','Space','Return')
self.editKeys=('BackSpace','Delete','Insert')
self.moveKeys=('Home','End','Page Up','Page Down','Left Arrow',
'Right Arrow','Up Arrow','Down Arrow')
#make a tuple of most of the useful common 'final' keys
keys=(self.alphanumKeys+self.punctuationKeys+self.functionKeys+
self.whitespaceKeys+self.editKeys+self.moveKeys)
self.listKeysFinal.insert(END, *keys)
def TranslateKey(self, key, modifiers):
"Translate from keycap symbol to the Tkinter keysym"
translateDict = {'Space':'space',
'~':'asciitilde','!':'exclam','@':'at','#':'numbersign',
'%':'percent','^':'asciicircum','&':'ampersand','*':'asterisk',
'(':'parenleft',')':'parenright','_':'underscore','-':'minus',
'+':'plus','=':'equal','{':'braceleft','}':'braceright',
'[':'bracketleft',']':'bracketright','|':'bar',';':'semicolon',
':':'colon',',':'comma','.':'period','<':'less','>':'greater',
'/':'slash','?':'question','Page Up':'Prior','Page Down':'Next',
'Left Arrow':'Left','Right Arrow':'Right','Up Arrow':'Up',
'Down Arrow': 'Down', 'Tab':'Tab'}
if key in translateDict.keys():
if 'Shift' in modifiers and key in string.ascii_lowercase:
def OK(self, event=None):
if self.advanced or self.KeysOK(): # doesn't check advanced string yet
self.result=self.keyString.get()
def Cancel(self, event=None):
'''Validity check on user's 'basic' keybinding selection.
Doesn't check the string produced by the advanced dialog because
keys = self.keyString.get()
finalKey = self.listKeysFinal.get(ANCHOR)
modifiers = self.GetModifiers()
# create a key sequence list for overlap check:
keySequence = keys.split()
title = 'Key Sequence Error'
tkMessageBox.showerror(title=title, parent=self,
message='No keys specified.')
elif not keys.endswith('>'):
tkMessageBox.showerror(title=title, parent=self,
message='Missing the final Key')
and finalKey not in self.functionKeys + self.moveKeys):
tkMessageBox.showerror(title=title, parent=self,
message='No modifier key(s) specified.')
elif (modifiers == ['Shift']) \
self.functionKeys + self.moveKeys + ('Tab', 'Space')):
msg = 'The shift modifier by itself may not be used with'\
tkMessageBox.showerror(title=title, parent=self, message=msg)
elif keySequence in self.currentKeySequences:
msg = 'This key combination is already in use.'
tkMessageBox.showerror(title=title, parent=self, message=msg)
if __name__ == '__main__':
from idlelib.idle_test.htest import run
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