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Global Shortcuts
We allow you to register global keyboard shortcuts that work when your app doesn't have keyboard focus.
Accelerators
todesktop.shortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)
Promise<Boolean> - Whether your application has registered the accelerator (shortcut).
Note if another application has taken the accelerator this will still return
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await todesktop.shortcut.isRegistered("Command+G")
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todesktop.shortcut.register(accelerator, callback)
Promise<Boolean> - Whether the shortcut was registered successfully.
Registers the global shortcut of
accelerator. The callback is called when the user presses the shortcut. Note when the accelerator is already taken by other applications, this call will silently fail.
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todesktop.shortcut.register("Command+G", () => {
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console.log("The shortcut was pressed");
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});
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todesktop.shortcut.unregister(accelerator)
Promise<Boolean> - Whether the shortcut was successfully unregistered
Unregisters the global shortcut of
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todesktop.shortcut.unregister("Command+G");
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todesktop.shortcut.unregisterAll()
Promise<Boolean> - Whether all shortcuts were successfully removed
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todesktop.shortcut.unregisterAll();
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Last modified 8mo ago