--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Keygrabber Stack -- -- @author dodo -- @copyright 2012 dodo -- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@ -- @module awful.keygrabber --------------------------------------------------------------------------- local ipairs = ipairs local table = table local capi = { keygrabber = keygrabber } local keygrabber = {} -- Private data local grabbers = {} local keygrabbing = false local function grabber(mod, key, event) for i, g in ipairs(grabbers) do -- continue if the grabber explicitly returns false if g(mod, key, event) ~= false then break end end end --- Stop grabbing the keyboard for the provided callback. -- When no callback is given, the last grabber gets removed (last one added to -- the stack). -- @param g The key grabber that must be removed. function keygrabber.stop(g) for i, v in ipairs(grabbers) do if v == g then table.remove(grabbers, i) break end end -- Stop the global key grabber if the last grabber disappears from stack. if #grabbers == 0 then keygrabbing = false capi.keygrabber.stop() end end --- -- Grab keyboard input and read pressed keys, calling the least callback -- function from the stack at each keypress, until the stack is empty. -- -- Calling run with the same callback again will bring the callback -- to the top of the stack. -- -- The callback function receives three arguments: -- -- -- A callback can return false to pass the events to the next -- keygrabber in the stack. -- @param g The key grabber callback that will get the key events until it will be deleted or a new grabber is added. -- @return the given callback g. -- @usage -- -- The following function can be bound to a key, and be used to resize a -- -- client using the keyboard. -- -- function resize(c) -- local grabber = awful.keygrabber.run(function(mod, key, event) -- if event == "release" then return end -- -- if key == 'Up' then awful.client.moveresize(0, 0, 0, 5, c) -- elseif key == 'Down' then awful.client.moveresize(0, 0, 0, -5, c) -- elseif key == 'Right' then awful.client.moveresize(0, 0, 5, 0, c) -- elseif key == 'Left' then awful.client.moveresize(0, 0, -5, 0, c) -- else awful.keygrabber.stop(grabber) -- end -- end) -- end function keygrabber.run(g) -- Remove the grabber if its in stack keygrabber.stop(g) -- Record the grabber has latest added table.insert(grabbers, 1, g) -- start the keygrabber if its not running already if not keygrabbing then keygrabbing = true capi.keygrabber.run(grabber) end return g end return keygrabber -- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80