Add HotKey to NSTextField

Question

I have some trouble with my NSTextField subclass. It's a textfield for input some message. And My application must send this message when my sub-textfield is a first responder and the user presses hotkey Cmd + Enter. I can't use Carbon method RegisterEventHotKey() because many applications use this hotkey for the same action but my application intercepts it. What can I do?

Answer 1

I subclassed NSApplication and override method

- (void) sendEvent:(NSEvent*) event {
    if ([event type] == NSKeyDown) {
        if (([event modifierFlags] & NSDeviceIndependentModifierFlagsMask) == NSCommandKeyMask) {
            if ([event keyCode] == 36) {
                if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(sendMessage:)]) {
                    [self.delegate performSelector:@selector(sendMessage:) withObject:nil];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    [super sendEvent:event];
}

in info.plist I wrote that this sub-NSApplication class is a Principal class. It works!