Event
Binds keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+S to backend events, so the app answers a key combination the way a desktop program would.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_471
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Event
UI5 1.71
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- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_471- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_471.clas.abap↗- Category
- Event
- Learning path
- Talk to the user
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Documentation
- abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/browser_interaction/keyboa… ↗
Keywords: shortcut, hotkey, ctrl, key, combination, keyboard_shortcut
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.HBox
- sap.m.List
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.StandardListItem
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
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" @keywords shortcut hotkey ctrl key combination keyboard_shortcut
" @summary Binds keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+S to backend events, so the app answers a key combination the way a desktop program would.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/browser_interaction/keyboard_shortcuts
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_471 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_log,
entry TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_log.
DATA t_log TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_log WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA registered TYPE abap_bool.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS on_init.
METHODS on_event.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS shortcuts_set
IMPORTING
event_save TYPE string
event_delete TYPE string.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_471 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
on_init( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_init.
registered = abap_true.
shortcuts_set( event_save = `SAVE` event_delete = `DELETE` ).
view_display( ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `SAVE`.
INSERT VALUE #( entry = `Ctrl+S - save triggered` ) INTO TABLE t_log.
client->message_toast_display( `Ctrl+S: save triggered` ).
WHEN `DELETE`.
INSERT VALUE #( entry = `Ctrl+D - delete triggered` ) INTO TABLE t_log.
client->message_toast_display( `Ctrl+D: delete triggered` ).
WHEN `TOGGLE_REGISTRATION`.
registered = xsdbool( registered = abap_false ).
IF registered = abap_true.
shortcuts_set( event_save = `SAVE` event_delete = `DELETE` ).
ELSE.
" an empty event name removes the binding again
shortcuts_set( event_save = `` event_delete = `` ).
ENDIF.
view_display( ).
WHEN `CLEAR`.
t_log = VALUE #( ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD shortcuts_set.
" one registration per key combination: t_arg is positional - the
" combination (spelled like in UI5: Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Shift+D, F2) and the name
" of the backend event it fires. Registering the same combination again
" rebinds it, an empty event name removes it. The registry lives in the
" frontend, so it survives every roundtrip until the app is left.
client->follow_up_action( val = z2ui5_if_client=>cs_event-keyboard_shortcut
t_arg = VALUE #( ( `Ctrl+S` )
( event_save ) ) ).
client->follow_up_action( val = z2ui5_if_client=>cs_event-keyboard_shortcut
t_arg = VALUE #( ( `Ctrl+D` )
( event_delete ) ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Event - Keyboard Shortcuts, Ctrl+S`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Ctrl+S and Ctrl+D fire the backend events SAVE and DELETE - the same events the ` &&
`buttons below send, but from the keyboard and without a control. The binding is ` &&
`pure data (cs_event-keyboard_shortcut with the combination and the event name), ` &&
`the browser default for the combination is suppressed.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
page->ele( `HBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `TOGGLE_REGISTRATION` )
)->a( n = `text` v = COND #( WHEN registered = abap_true
THEN `Unregister the shortcuts`
ELSE `Register the shortcuts` )
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://keyboard-and-mouse`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `SAVE` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Save (Ctrl+S)`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Emphasized`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiTinyMarginBegin`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `DELETE` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Delete (Ctrl+D)`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiTinyMarginBegin`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `CLEAR` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Clear log`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiTinyMarginBegin` ).
page->ele( `List`
)->a( n = `headerText` v = `Triggered events`
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_log )
)->tag( `StandardListItem`
)->a( n = `title` v = `{ENTRY}` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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