Struct

GdkEventKey

Description [src]

struct GdkEventKey {
  GdkEventType type;
  GdkWindow* window;
  gint8 send_event;
  guint32 time;
  GdkModifierType* state;
  guint keyval;
  gint length;
  gchar* string;
  guint16 hardware_keycode;
  guint8 group;
  guint is_modifier;
}

Describes a key press or key release event.

Structure members

`type`	The type of the event (`GDK_KEY_PRESS` or `GDK_KEY_RELEASE`).
`window`	The window which received the event.
`send_event`	`TRUE` if the event was sent explicitly.
`time`	The time of the event in milliseconds.
`state`	A bit-mask representing the state of the modifier keys (e.g. Control, Shift and Alt) and the pointer buttons. See `GdkModifierType`.
`keyval`	The key that was pressed or released. See the `gdk/gdkkeysyms.h` header file for a complete list of GDK key codes.
`length`	The length of `string`.
`string`	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.
`hardware_keycode`	The raw code of the key that was pressed or released.
`group`	The keyboard group.
`is_modifier`	A flag that indicates if `hardware_keycode` is mapped to a modifier. Since 2.10