Direct keyboard access to an app's main menu.

[JosephABudd]

Developers are probably going to find unique ways of implementing a main menu in their applications. DVUI uses the tab key very nicely, allowing the user to navigate from widget to widget.

I would like to use the [ ☰ ] key to toggle my main menu's opening and closing. Other's may want to use to key to focus and highlight their main menu.

Thoughts?

[VisenDev]

Thoughts?

This might be better implemented in the application than in dvui itself For some backends like raylib, it would be as simple as

if(c.IsKeyPressed(c.KEY_MENU)) {
    show_main_menu = !show_main_menu;
}

You should also be able to get the same keyboard control over dvui widgets this way, eg

if(try dvui.button(@src(), "(p)lay", .{}, .{}) or c.IsKeyPressed(c.KEY_M)) {
    //play
}

Edit: Are you asking how to get keyboard control over your application with dvui, or are you asking how to make dvui process a specific key?

[david-vanderson]

Is that the windows key? I thought an application couldn't change what that does (opening the start menu).

Are you able to get a key event for that button? Is there not a straightforward way to programmatically open a menu? I agree with your desire, but I'm unclear where you are getting stuck.

[JosephABudd]

@VisenDev: I was thinking that DVUI might want to standardize a method is all. I can easily implement your second example. Thanks. @david-vanderson: I was just thinking that DVUI might want to standardize a method. No that is the menu key.

[david-vanderson]

Oh I thought the menu key was supposed to show a context menu (same as right-clicking the mouse). We don't currently support that though.

I think the normal keyboard shortcut for getting to the menu is just pressing alt (on windows). On mac it seems to be ctrl-F2? I'm not sure it makes sense to bake in the concept of a primary menu (might be a menu per subwindow?) - but I could be wrong.

I'm very interested in seeing how it looks if you can do it with what currently exists. Can you try it and point me to the code?

[JosephABudd]

I'm seeing that you are correct about the menu key works relative to what is in focus. I stand corrected. The F10 focuses the main menu. I even wrote that down yesturday. Anyway I'll work on that tomorrow.

[JosephABudd]

VisenDev has it right again. Thank you VisenDev.

I'm don't want to be any more of a distraction so I'm going to let you developers work together.

[JosephABudd]

VisenDev has it right again. Thank you VisenDev.

I'm don't want to be any more of a distraction so I'm going to let you developers work together.