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KeyboardHandler (interface)

This handler allows you to handle events related to keyboard input and is called only for the main frame. For an example of how to implement handler see cefpython.CreateBrowser().

Table of contents:

Callbacks

OnPreKeyEvent

Parameter Type
browser Browser
event KeyEvent
event_handle MSG* / GdkEvent* / NSEvent*`
is_keyboard_shortcut_out list
Return bool

Called before a keyboard event is sent to the renderer. |event| contains information about the keyboard event. |event_handle| is the operating system event message, if any. Return true if the event was handled or false otherwise. If the event will be handled in OnKeyEvent() as a keyboard shortcut, set |is_keyboard_shortcut_out[0]| to True and return False.

KeyEvent is a dictionary with the following keys:

Key Type Description
type KeyEventType The type of keyboard event
modifiers KeyEventFlags Bit flags describing any pressed modifier keys
windows_key_code int The Windows key code for the key event. This value is used by the DOM specification. Sometimes it comes directly from the event (i.e. on Windows) and sometimes it's determined using a mapping function. See "chromium/KeyboardCodes.h" for a list of values.
native_key_code int The actual key code generated by the platform
is_system_key bool Indicates whether the event is considered a "system key" event. For Windows see WM_SYSKEYDOWN. This value will always be false on non-Windows platforms.
character wchar_t or unsigned short The character generated by the keystroke
unmodified_character wchar_t or unsigned short Same as 'character' but unmodified by any concurrently-held modifiers (except shift). This is useful for working out shortcut keys.
focus_on_editable_field bool True if the focus is currently on an editable field on the page. This is useful for determining if standard key events should be intercepted.

KeyEventType constants defined in the cefpython module:

  • KEYEVENT_RAWKEYDOWN - Notification that a key transitioned from "up" to "down".
  • KEYEVENT_KEYDOWN - Notification that a key was pressed. This does not necessarily correspond to a character depending on the key and language. Use KEYEVENT_CHAR for character input.
  • KEYEVENT_KEYUP - Notification that a key was released.
  • KEYEVENT_CHAR - Notification that a character was typed. Use this for text input. Key down events may generate 0, 1, or more than one character event depending on the key, locale, and operating system.

KeyEventFlags constants defined in the cefpython module:

  • EVENTFLAG_NONE
  • EVENTFLAG_CAPS_LOCK_ON
  • EVENTFLAG_SHIFT_DOWN
  • EVENTFLAG_CONTROL_DOWN
  • EVENTFLAG_ALT_DOWN
  • EVENTFLAG_LEFT_MOUSE_BUTTON
  • EVENTFLAG_MIDDLE_MOUSE_BUTTON
  • EVENTFLAG_RIGHT_MOUSE_BUTTON
  • EVENTFLAG_COMMAND_DOWN (Mac)
  • EVENTFLAG_NUM_LOCK_ON (Mac)
  • EVENTFLAG_IS_KEY_PAD (Mac)
  • EVENTFLAG_IS_LEFT (Mac)
  • EVENTFLAG_IS_RIGHT (Mac)

OnKeyEvent

Parameter Type
browser Browser
event KeyEvent
event_handle MSG* / GdkEvent* / NSEvent*
Return bool

Called after the renderer and javascript in the page has had a chance to handle the event. |event| contains information about the keyboard event. |os_event| is the operating system event message, if any. Return true if the keyboard event was handled or false otherwise. Description of the KeyEvent type is in the OnPreKeyEvent() callback.