QKeyEvent problem with different keyboard layout

**minimoog** · 11th February 2010, 01:52

I have this problem with keyPressEvent handler.

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void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    if (e->key() == Qt::Key_N) {
        //do some stuff    
    }
 
    QMainWindow::keyPressEvent(e);
}

void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    if (e->key() == Qt::Key_N) {
        //do some stuff    
    }

    QMainWindow::keyPressEvent(e);
}

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When my keyboard layout is English, when I press 'N' it's working ok, but when I change the layout to some other language (in my case macedonian) I don't receive that I'm pressing the 'N' button. (if statement fails)

Anyone know why is this? Is this a bug? Solution?

Thanks in advance,
Toni

**franz** · 11th February 2010, 07:01

What is the key you receive using the other layout? Just check the value of e->key() for that.

**minimoog** · 12th February 2010, 01:16

It's 1053 which is Cyrillic 'N'.

Now I am using QKeyEvent::nativeVirtualKey() which returns 'N' regardless of keyboard layout, but I am not sure is this very portable.