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.SH NAME
QKeyEvent \- Describes a key event
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fC#include <qevent.h>\fR
.PP
Inherits QEvent.
.PP
.SS "Public Members"
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.BI "\fBQKeyEvent\fR ( Type type, int key, int ascii, int state, const QString & text = QString::null, bool autorep = FALSE, ushort count = 1 )"
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.BI "int \fBkey\fR () const"
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.BI "int \fBascii\fR () const"
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.BI "ButtonState \fBstate\fR () const"
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.BI "ButtonState \fBstateAfter\fR () const"
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.BI "bool \fBisAccepted\fR () const"
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.BI "QString \fBtext\fR () const"
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.BI "bool \fBisAutoRepeat\fR () const"
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.BI "int \fBcount\fR () const"
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.BI "void \fBaccept\fR ()"
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.BI "void \fBignore\fR ()"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The QKeyEvent class contains describes a key event.
.PP
Key events occur when a key is pressed or released when a widget has keyboard input focus.
.PP
A key event contains a special accept flag that indicates whether the receiver wants the key event. You should call QKeyEvent::ignore() if the key press or release event is not handled by your widget. A key event is propagated up the parent widget chain until a widget accepts it with QKeyEvent::accept() or an event filter consumes it.
.PP
The QWidget::setEnable() function can be used to enable or disable mouse and keyboard events for a widget.
.PP
The event handlers QWidget::keyPressEvent() and QWidget::keyReleaseEvent() receive key events.
.PP
See also QFocusEvent, QWidget::grabKeyboard() and Event Classes.
.SH MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
.SH "QKeyEvent::QKeyEvent ( Type type, int key, int ascii, int state, const QString & text = QString::null, bool autorep = FALSE, ushort count = 1 )"
Constructs a key event object.
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The \fItype\fR parameter must be QEvent::KeyPress or QEvent::KeyRelease. If \fIkey\fR is 0 the event is not a result of a known key (e.g. it may be the result of a compose sequence or keyboard macro). \fIascii\fR is the ASCII code of the key that was pressed or released. \fIstate\fR holds the keyboard modifiers. \fItext\fR is the Unicode text that the key generated. If \fIautorep\fR is TRUE, isAutoRepeat() will be TRUE. \fIcount\fR is the number of single keys.
.PP
The accept flag is set to TRUE.
.SH "void QKeyEvent::accept ()"
Sets the accept flag of the key event object.
.PP
Setting the accept parameter indicates that the receiver of the event wants the key event. Unwanted key events are sent to the parent widget.
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The accept flag is set by default.
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See also ignore().
.SH "int QKeyEvent::ascii () const"
Returns the ASCII code of the key that was pressed or released. We recommend using text() instead.
.PP
See also text().
.PP
Example: picture/picture.cpp.
.SH "int QKeyEvent::count () const"
Returns the number of single keys for this event. If text() is not empty, this is simply the length of the string.
.PP
However, Qt also compresses invisible keycodes such as BackSpace. For those, count() returns the number of key presses/repeats this event represents.
.PP
See also QWidget::setKeyCompression().
.SH "void QKeyEvent::ignore ()"
Clears the accept flag parameter of the key event object.
.PP
Clearing the accept parameter indicates that the event receiver does not want the key event. Unwanted key events are sent to the parent widget.
.PP
The accept flag is set by default.
.PP
See also accept().
.SH "bool QKeyEvent::isAccepted () const"
Returns TRUE if the receiver of the event wants to keep the key; otherwise returns FALSE
.SH "bool QKeyEvent::isAutoRepeat () const"
Returns TRUE if this event comes from an auto-repeating key and FALSE if it comes from an initial key press.
.PP
Note that if the event is a multiple-key compressed event that is partly due to auto-repeat, this function could return either TRUE or FALSE indeterminately.
.SH "int QKeyEvent::key () const"
Returns the code of the key that was pressed or released.
.PP
See Qt::Key for the list of keyboard codes. These codes are independent of the underlying window system.
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Key code 0 means that the event is not a result of a known key (e.g. it may be the result of a compose sequence or keyboard macro).
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Example: fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp.
.SH "ButtonState QKeyEvent::state () const"
Returns the keyboard modifier flags that existed immediately before the event occurred.
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The returned value is ShiftButton, ControlButton and AltButton OR'ed together.
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See also stateAfter().
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Example: fileiconview/qfileiconview.cpp.
.SH "ButtonState QKeyEvent::stateAfter () const"
Returns the keyboard modifier flags that existed immediately after the event occurred.
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\fBWarning:\fR This function cannot be trusted.
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See also state().
.SH "QString QKeyEvent::text () const"
Returns the Unicode text that this key generated.
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See also QWidget::setKeyCompression().

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR http://doc.trolltech.com/qkeyevent.html
.BR http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1992-2001 Trolltech AS, http://www.trolltech.com.  See the
license file included in the distribution for a complete license
statement.
.SH AUTHOR
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