Graphics.UI.Gtk.Gdk.Keys

A KeyVal is a numeric value identifying a keyboard key. The defined values can be found at http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/proto/x11proto.git;a=blob_plain;f=keysymdef.h. The names of the keys are the names of the macros without the prefix.

Documentation

type KeyVal = Word32

Key values are the codes which are sent whenever a key is pressed or released.

keyName :: KeyVal -> String

Converts a key value into a symbolic name.

keyFromName :: String -> KeyVal

Converts a key name to a key value.

keyToChar

Arguments

:: KeyVal

keyval - a Gdk key symbol

-> Maybe Char

returns the corresponding unicode character, or Nothing if there is no corresponding character.

Convert from a Gdk key symbol to the corresponding Unicode character.

keyvalName :: KeyVal -> IO String

keyvalFromName :: String -> IO KeyVal

keyvalToChar :: KeyVal -> IO (Maybe Char)