I have a simple window with 3 buttons and I am trying to add a system-wide hot key so i can "press" those buttons without having to switch to that app, press a button and then go back to what I was doing.
Something like Cmd + Shift + 1 press button 1, Cmd + Shift + 2 press button 2, etc.
Is there any way to achieve this in Cocoa (with Objective-C)?
I also didn't like PTHotKey, so I ended up writing a new wrapper, available here:
http://github.com/davedelong/DDHotKey
edit
The 2 files you'd need are:
And you'd use it something like this:
- (IBAction) registerHotkey:(id)sender {
DDHotKeyCenter * c = [[DDHotKeyCenter alloc] init];
if (![c registerHotKeyWithKeyCode:kVK_ANSI_1 modifierFlags:(NSCommandKeyMask | NSShiftKeyMask) target:self action:@selector(hotkeyWithEvent:) object:nil]) {
NSLog(@"unable to register hotkey");
} else {
NSLog(@"registered hotkey");
}
[c release];
}
- (void) hotkeyWithEvent:(NSEvent *)hkEvent {
NSLog(@"Hotkey event: %@", hkEvent);
}