Delphi/Lazarus: Assign Shortcut for MenuItem in Code
Question by Compi | 2018-02-01 at 15:28
I want to set the shortcut for a menu item within my code instead of from the Object Inspector by hand. In the Object Inspector you have a drop-down list where you can select your desired shortcut.
However, when writing the following line in code:
MenuItem.ShortCut := 'F1';
I get the following error message:
Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 1: Got "Constant String", expected "TShortCut"
What am I doing wrong here? In the Object Inspector, you also select a string, but in code, the compiler complains that I have passed a string. Or is it possible to change this property only via the inspector?
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A change or assignment of a shortcut is also possible in code. However, we can not just pass a string here because TShortCut is of type Word.
Fortunately, Delphi and Lazarus provide the TextToShortCut() function, which allows us to easily convert a string to the required numeric value.
So in your example, you can write:
MenuItem.ShortCut := TextToShortCut('F1');The function TextToShortCut() transforms the string representation of a keyboard shortcut into the code representation of the same keyboard shortcut. For the opposite way there is the function ShortCutToText() available. Incidentally, this function is also called internally in the IDE when setting the shortcut, so that you can easily enter a shortcut as a string from the Object Inspector.
Another useful function is ShortCutToKey(). This function can be used to split the string representation of a key combination into both the key and the ShiftState.
2018-02-01 at 20:15