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Chapter 4 - Keyboard Enhancements / Keyboard Reference

Application-Defined Methods for Keystroke Events /

ViewKeyStringScript

view:ViewKeyStringScript(string)

Sent by the system when a batched group of keystrokes is ready to be processed.

string

The batched string of characters as a null-terminated string. These are not keycodes.

return value

Your implementation must return true if your method handles the string and nil if not.

DISCUSSION

Note that function keys and command-key combinations never appear in string. These keys are always processed individually.