Functions

bind (keystring, handler, *user_data)

get_current_event_time ()

init ()

unbind (keystring)

Details

Keybinder.bind(keystring, handler, *user_data)
Parameters:
  • keystring (str) – an accelerator description (gtk_accelerator_parse() format)

  • handler (Keybinder.Handler) – callback function

  • user_data (object or None) – data to pass to handler

Returns:

True if the accelerator could be grabbed

Return type:

bool

Grab a key combination globally and register a callback to be called each time the key combination is pressed.

New in version 0.3.0.

Keybinder.get_current_event_time()
Returns:

the current event timestamp

Return type:

int

Keybinder.init()

Initialize the keybinder library.

This function must be called after initializing GTK, before calling any other function in the library. Can only be called once.

Keybinder.unbind(keystring)
Parameters:

keystring (str) – an accelerator description (gtk_accelerator_parse() format)

Unregister all previously bound callbacks for this keystring.

New in version 0.3.0.