CTRL+A to select all records in a grid

[glitterylally]

Hallo guys,
I'm using the latest version of smartGWTEE and I'm trying to implement the following feature: if we type CTRL+A all records in the grid get selected.

My implementation:

KeyIdentifier selectAllKey = new KeyIdentifier();
selectAllKey.setCtrlKey(true);
selectAllKey.setKeyName("A");

Page.registerKey(selectAllKey, new KeyCallback() {
public void execute(String keyName) {
myGrid.selectAllRecords();
}
});


Which works,I mean the records in the grid DO get selected, BUT the problem is: the whole page gets selected as well (marked in blue like when we select something on a text on a webpage)
Which is weird because I didn't set "canSelectText" anywhere in my application and the standard behaviour for smartgwt widget is false, and actually if I try to select some text on any widget I can't, it just appears selected when I press CTRL+A
So I'm asking myself, it possible at all to avoid this, or is it a native browser hot key (like CTRL+N for opening another window) which is impossible to disable?
Thanks in advance for your help


Laura

[Isomorphic]

We have limited control over text selection (in older browsers, almost none). The best way to handle this is to add an event handler to catch Ctrl-A and call selectAllRecords on the grid.

[glitterylally]

Isomorphic thanks for your reply. The applicatoin has to work on tIE 7+, so we don't need old browsers compatibility.

I tried already the solution u suggested, and it didn't work.

grid.addKeyPressHandler(new KeyPressHandler() {
@Override
public void onKeyPress(KeyPressEvent event) {
if (event.getKeyName().equals("A") && event.isCtrlKeyDown()) {
hourSequenceGrid.selectAllRecords();
overviewGrid.selectAllRecords();
}
}
});

I never get into the IF, because event.getKeyName is always Ctrl and not A, even when I press Ctrl A
Tried also EventHandler.getKeyName(): same thing.
Tried a keyDownHandler as well, no result
It looks like in this events handlers only a single key press is intercepted.

Am I doing something wrong, or is the API like this?
Thanks

Laura

[Atd]

Hi
Any update in this issue ???

[Atd]

I use this with FF 13.0.1 , and i have same issue , every thing in browser will be selected when i press Ctrl - A

how can i prevent that ? should i use other way ?

[Atd]

Solving issue

we can solve this by add key press handler to listgrid

myListGrid.addKeyPressHandler(new KeyPressHandler() {
@Override
public void onKeyPress(KeyPressEvent event) {
if (event.getKeyName().equals("A") && event.isCtrlKeyDown() ) {
.......
event.cancel();
}
}
});