ACCELERATOR action attribute

The ACCELERATOR is an action attribute defining the primary accelerator key for an action.

Syntax

Syntax 1 (Dialog action handlers)

ACCELERATOR = "key"

Syntax 2 (ACTION DEFAULTS section in form files)

ACCELERATOR = key

Syntax 3 (Global .4ad action defaults file)

acceleratorName = "key"
  1. key defines the accelerator key.

Usage

The ACCELERATOR attribute defines the keyboard combination that can be pressed by the user to send an action to the program.

Note that in dialog-specific action attributes, the ACCELERATOR must be specified as a string expression.

This attribute applies to the actions defined by the current dialog in the current window. It can be specified as action default attribute in a global .4ad file, in the ACTION DEFAULTS section of form files, or as dialog action attribute.

Example

-- As action handler attribute
ON ACTION print ATTRIBUTES(ACCELERATOR="control-p")

-- As action default
ACTION DEFAULTS
  ACTION print (ACCELERATOR=control-p)
END

-- In a global action defaults file
<ActionDefault name="print" acceleratorName="control-p" ... />