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/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
    Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Ellis Whitehead 

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/

#ifndef _KGLOBALACCEL_H_
#define _KGLOBALACCEL_H_

#include 
#include 

class QPopupMenu;
class QWidget;
class KAccelAction;
class KAccelActions;
class KConfigBase;

class KGlobalAccelPrivate;

/**
* KGlobalAccel allows you to have global accelerators that are independent of
* the focused window. Unlike @ref KAccel it does not matter which window is 
* currently active.
*
* @see KAccel
* @see KAccelShortcutList
* @see KKeyChooser
* @see KKeyDialog
* @short Configurable global shortcut support
*/
class KGlobalAccel : public QObject
{
	Q_OBJECT
 public:
	/**
	 * Creates a new KGlobalAccel object with the given @ref pParent and
	 * @ref psName.
	 * @param pParent the parent of the QObject
	 * @param psName the name of the QObject
	 */
	KGlobalAccel( QObject* pParent, const char* psName = 0 );
	virtual ~KGlobalAccel();

	/**
	 * Checks whether the accelerators are enabled.
	 * @return true if the KGlobalAccel is enabled
	 */
	bool isEnabled();
	
	/**
	 * Checks whether the accelerators are enabled.
	 * @return true if the KGlobalAccel is enabled
	 */
	void setEnabled( bool bEnabled );

	/**
	 * Create an accelerator action.
	 *
	 * Usage:
	 *
	 * insert( "Do Something", i18n("Do Something"),
	 *   i18n("This action allows you to do something really great with this program to "
	 *        "the currently open document."),
	 *   ALT+CTRL+Key_Q, KKey::QtWIN+CTRL+Key_Q, this, SLOT(slotDoSomething()) );
	 *
* * @param sAction The internal name of the action. * @param sLabel An i18n'ized short description of the action displayed when * using @ref KKeyChooser to reconfigure the shortcuts. * @param sWhatsThis An extended description of the action. * @param cutDef3 The default 3 modifier scheme shortcut. * @param cutDef4 The default 4 modifier scheme shortcut. * @param pObjSlot Pointer to the slot object. * @param psMethodSlot Pointer to the slot method. * @param bConfigurable Allow the user to change this shortcut if set to 'true'. * @param bEnabled The action will be activated by the shortcut if set to 'true'. */ KAccelAction* insert( const QString& sAction, const QString& sLabel, const QString& sWhatsThis, const KShortcut& cutDef3, const KShortcut& cutDef4, const QObject* pObjSlot, const char* psMethodSlot, bool bConfigurable = true, bool bEnabled = true ); /** * Removes the accelerator action identified by the name. * Remember to also call updateConnections(). * @param sAction the name of the action to remove * @since 3.1 */ bool remove( const QString& sAction ); /** * Use this to insert a label into the action list. This will be * displayed when the user configures shortcuts. * @param sName of the of the action to insert * @param sLabel a user-readable (i18n!) name for the action * @return the KAccelAction of the action */ KAccelAction* insert( const QString& sName, const QString& sLabel ); /** * Updates the connections of the accelerations after changing them. * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool updateConnections(); /** * Set the shortcut to be associated with the action named by @p sAction. * @param sAction the name of the action * @return the shortcut. If the action does not exist a null shortcut will be returned. */ const KShortcut& shortcut( const QString& sAction ) const; /** * Set the shortcut to be associated with the action named by @p sAction. * @param sAction the name of the action * @param shortcut the shortcut for the action * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool setShortcut( const QString& sAction, const KShortcut &shortcut ); /** * Set the slot to be called when the shortcut of the action named * by @p sAction is pressed. * @param sAction the name of the action * @param pObjSlot the receiver of the signal * @param psMethodSlot the slot to receive the signal * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool setSlot( const QString& sAction, const QObject* pObjSlot, const char* psMethodSlot ); /** * Enable or disable the action named by @p sAction. * @param sAction the name of the action * @param bEnabled true to enable, false to disable * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool setEnabled( const QString& sAction, bool bEnabled ); /** * Returns the configuration group that is used to save the accelerators. * @return the configuration group * @see KConfig */ const QString& configGroup() const; /** * Sets the configuration group that is used to save the accelerators. * @param cg the configuration group * @see KConfig */ void setConfigGroup( const QString &cg ); /** * Read all shortcuts from @p pConfig, or (if @p pConfig * is zero) from the application's configuration file * @ref KGlobal::config(). * @param pConfig the configuration file to read from, or 0 for the application * configuration file * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool readSettings( KConfigBase* pConfig = 0 ); /** * Write the current shortcuts to @p pConfig, * or (if @p pConfig is zero) to the application's * configuration file. * @param pConfig the configuration file to read from, or 0 for the application * configuration file * @return true if successful, false otherwise * @since 3.1 */ bool writeSettings( KConfigBase* pConfig = 0 ) const; // BCI: merge these two writeSettings methods in KDE 4.0 /** * Write the current shortcuts to @p pConfig, * or (if @p pConfig is zero) to the application's * configuration file. Alternatively, if bGlobal is true, then write * to kdeglobals. * @param pConfig the configuration file to read from, or 0 for the application * configuration file * @param bGlobal if true write the configuration to the kde global settings * @return true if successful, false otherwise */ bool writeSettings( KConfigBase* pConfig, bool bGlobal ) const; /** * @internal -- this a wrapper function to * KAccelActions::useFourModifierKeys(). */ static bool useFourModifierKeys(); private: KAccelActions& actions(); const KAccelActions& actions() const; friend class KGlobalAccelPrivate; friend class KAccelShortcutList; protected: /// @internal virtual void virtual_hook( int id, void* data ); private: class KGlobalAccelPrivate* d; }; #endif // _KGLOBALACCEL_H_

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