Cmd-W not working :(

Targets macOS
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Howdy,

When I press Cmd-W (in order to close all my App’s windows) - nothing happens?
Can anyone shed any light on why this may be happening?

I have the default menubar shown on all windows, (just in case you ask).

I have the following code in the status item handler for my app - could that be the cause?

// FORCE THE Z-ORDER TO BE ON TOP OF ANY OTHER OPEN WINDOWS Declare Function NSClassFromString Lib "Cocoa" ( inName As CFStringRef ) As Ptr Declare Function sharedApplication Lib "Cocoa" selector "sharedApplication" ( classRef As Ptr ) As Ptr Dim myApp As Ptr = sharedApplication( NSClassFromString( "NSApplication" ) ) Declare Sub activateIgnoringOtherApps Lib "Cocoa" selector "activateIgnoringOtherApps:" ( appRef As Ptr, flag As Boolean ) activateIgnoringOtherApps( myApp, True )

Thank you all in advance.

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I don’t think Cmd-W works automatically…
I think you have to deal with it yourself…

and Apple just “suggests” this key should be used…

as I cannot get it to work in a normal project…

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  1. Add a WindowClose item to your FileMenu (in MainMenuBar). Give it a shortcut key of W and text property of “Close Window”.
  2. Add a Menu Handler for WindowClose to your window.
  3. Add the line self.close to the top of your Menu Handler code.

You’ll need to add a menu handler to each window you want to be able to close with Cmd-W. That should be, usually, all of them.

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If you use a subclass of Window you can implement the menu handler there.
Or you can implement a menu handler in App for this (don’t forget to use the App.EnableMenuItems event for enabling/disabling the item).

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Thanks Gavin and Eli - I will try that after my dinner :slight_smile:

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  • Add “Close Window” item in the File menu with key W and use modifier
  • Add a menu handler to that item in App (so it works throughout the app) with inside :
Window(0).close

Now Cmd-W will close the current window.

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Thanks everyone - all working now.

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With my method you do not need to add anything in each window Close event…

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you might actually want to implement cancel close on them uniquely though

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Indeed, but adding a menu handler for FileWindowClose in each window is very cumbersome when a single one in App will do fine.

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Sure - nothing wrong with what you suggested