Fallback Shortcut

Helper

On 25/05/2013 at 07:07, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

I need to implement some sort of fallback shortcut behaviour. I have a CommandData plugin
and have to make sure it has assigned a hotkey. When the user has not set a specific hotkey
in the Commands Manager i want to assign a fallback hotkey to the CommandData plugin.
I have only found this thread here (Which does not really shed some light on the whole topic) :

https://developers.maxon.net/forum/topic/4786/4668_shortcuts&KW=AddShortcut

1. Are gui.AddShortCut() and gui.GetShortCut() the correct methods ?
2. How does unpacking into integer values work ? The docs are not really specific about that.

> SHORTCUT_ADDRESS - int - Manager ID. (I have no idea which manager is meant)
>
> ShortcutKey - int - The shortcut key is stored under ID 1 + n*10. (How do I pack for example the A key into an integer ? Or more specifically what is meant with n ?)

Thanks for reading,
Ferdinand

Helper

On 25/05/2013 at 07:27, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I'll have time to take a look into the docs later. For now, I'm wondering why
you want to refuse the user's choice of shortcuts? And how are you planning to
choose the fallback shortcut? What if this shortcut is already taken and how does the
user know what the fallback shortcut is when (s)he didn't specify it him/herself?

@1: Souns pretty much like the required methods. But I haven't used either of them yet.
@2: I'm also not sure what the manager ID is. I think there is a little more information
in the C++ docs. For the packing: My guess is that it works byte-wise, so you have 3 bytes
you can fill with character ordinary numbers. Just a wild guess.

Best,
-Nik

Helper

On 25/05/2013 at 08:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

i have to admit i have not thought of the scenario where the default key is already taken.

spent some time trying to unpack existing hotkeys. with not so much luck. the extrude tool
hotkey bcs.

_______________________________
(0, 0)
(1, 77)
(10, 0)
(11, 84)
(1000, 1011183)
(1001, 0)
(1002, 0)
_______________________________
(0, 0)
(1, 68)
(1000, 1011183)
(1001, 0)
(1002, 0)

i think 0 is the qualifier and 1 he hotkey from what i understand from the python docs.
but i have no idea how i should unpack those integers with struct. i ' ll go with making
setting a hotkey as mandatory step for now, as the whole topic seems to be an awful
time sink. thanks for your help anyways nikklas.

happy rendering,
ferdinand

Helper

On 25/05/2013 at 13:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Ferdinand,

the managers refer to the restrictions like XPresso, Object Manager, Timeline, Console, etc. The C++
documentation states, that passing 0 will make the shortcut a global shortcut.

The ShortcutQualifier and ShortcutKey entries in the container are not constants, but are computed
by 0 + n * 10 for the qualifier and 1 + n * 10 for the key. Though I'm not sure what it means. For
example, I have found a "Move Camera" shortcut via Python. There is apart from the SHORTCUT_
entries, it has only two other entries: 0 and 1. The value of the entry with value 1 is (among the
rule above) an item for the shortcut key. The value is 49 which is equal to an ASCII "one" (1).
Looking at the Command Manager, the "Move Camera" command indeed has a shortcut assigned
with the value 1.

Here's something for the "Auto Tangents" command, it has the shortcuts "A" and "T~1" by default.
"T~1" is a multi-key shortcut.

import c4d
from c4d.gui import *
  
for i in xrange(GetShortcutCount()) :
    bc = GetShortcut(i)
    if c4d.GetCommandName(bc[c4d.SHORTCUT_PLUGINID]) == "Auto Tangents":
        for k, v in bc:
            print k, v
        print "~"*20

Yields

0 0
1 65
1000 465001102
1001 465001516
1002 0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0 0
1 84
10 0
11 49
1000 465001102
1001 465001516
1002 0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

84 is the ASCII code for T, 49 the ASCII code for 1. You can also use constants like KEY_F10 or
similar which will have a value beyond the ASCII range.

Best,
-Niklas

Helper

On 25/05/2013 at 14:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:

hi,

thanks for the reply. ascii values, now that you said it it seems pretty obvious. thanks for your help.

happy rendering,
ferdinand