Hotkeys

[DEEKAYR]

rebindable hotkeys additional to the already existing ones that would work even when the window is not in focus (AKA I am in game) would be nice. E.g. Timer start, timer pause and switching to timer two.

[RVRX]

This sounds like a cool idea. I haven't worked with global hotkeys before so I'll start research on libraries and APIs.

Library/API Options

• https://github.com/dstjacques/JHotKeys
• https://github.com/tulskiy/jkeymaster
• any JavaFX specific library...?
• ¿ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48951220/implementing-a-global-key-press-for-javafx-methods ?

[RVRX]

Settled on jkeymaster as global hotkey library.

Feature Layout

• Add new button to settings page to open a "hotkey manager" window (using a separate window as the settings page is already bulky).
• Hotkey Manager will have option to enable global shortcuts.
• Have fields to set shortcuts for:
  • Single shortcut for toggling timer play/pause.
  • Timer switch
  • ...
• Allow user to input keys, and interpret them into a KeyStroke object
• Alternatively to the above, have an input box where the user types the keystroke
• Feature documentation

[RVRX]

Will need to save these as a preference and init them on application startup

[RVRX]

No point in having a timer switch without a timer restart, and the same follows vice versa. Therefore the two will probably be bundled. One shortcut to switch timer then restart.

[RVRX]

Currently experiencing issues switching hotkeys after init. Might necessitate an application restart after editing hotkeys

[RVRX]

Currently experiencing issues switching hotkeys after init. Might necessitate an application restart after editing hotkeys

Handled in last commit (71635df), user is now prompted to restart:

[RVRX]

In order to handle getting users keystrokes I must:

1. Unfocus both fields on start
2. start recording keypresses when a field is focused
3. add each key to list
4. stop recording once enter is pressed (remove focus)

[RVRX]

Beta version of this feature out now for mac, soon for windows.

see: https://github.com/RVRX/GoICasterCompanion/releases/tag/1.2.0-beta0