[Tkinter-discuss] calling function by keypress

[Ilknur Ozturk]

Hi all,

 

I am trying to call my function by keypress. Some specific keys will be
assigned to some buttons. All widgets are created in a class. I wrote
the code as below:

 

    functionalkeys=("Left", "F1",...)

 

    def assignkey(self, event):

        if event.keysym not in self.functionalkeys:

            return

        self.callcommand(event.keysym)

        

   

    def callcommand(self, arg1):

        if arg1=="Left":

            self.writecommand('left')

 

        if arg1=="F1":

            self.writecommand('menu')

 

         ..........

        else:

            return 

 

and bind assignkey() to my buttons,

 

        self.menu=Button(...)

        self.menu.bind("<KeyPress>", self.assignkey)

 

this is working if I focused on the button, otherwise no action. I also
bind keypress event to my main frame, but it is also not working. I am
new for learning tk and most probably I am doing some basic thing wrong
but I could not find it:-( Is there anyone to tell me how can I call the
function without focusing the related button?

 

Thanks....

 

 

 



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