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Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

A shortcut for binding input.

Description

Shortcuts (also known as hotkeys) are containers of InputEvent resources. They are commonly used to interact with a Control element from an InputEvent.

One shortcut can contain multiple InputEvent resources, making it possible to trigger one action with multiple different inputs.

Example: Capture the Ctrl + S shortcut using a Shortcut resource:

extends Node

var save_shortcut = Shortcut.new()
func _ready():
    var key_event = InputEventKey.new()
    key_event.keycode = KEY_S
    key_event.ctrl_pressed = true
    key_event.command_or_control_autoremap = true # Swaps Ctrl for Command on Mac.
    save_shortcut.events = [key_event]

func _input(event):
    if save_shortcut.matches_event(event) and event.is_pressed() and not event.is_echo():
        print("Save shortcut pressed!")
        get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()

using Godot;

public partial class MyNode : Node
{
    private readonly Shortcut _saveShortcut = new Shortcut();

    public override void _Ready()
    {
        InputEventKey keyEvent = new InputEventKey
        {
            Keycode = Key.S,
            CtrlPressed = true,
            CommandOrControlAutoremap = true, // Swaps Ctrl for Command on Mac.
        };

        _saveShortcut.Events = [keyEvent];
    }

    public override void _Input(InputEvent @event)
    {
        if (@event is InputEventKey keyEvent &&
            _saveShortcut.MatchesEvent(@event) &&
            keyEvent.Pressed && !keyEvent.Echo)
        {
            GD.Print("Save shortcut pressed!");
            GetViewport().SetInputAsHandled();
        }
    }
}

Properties

Array

events

[]

Methods

String	get_as_text() const
bool	has_valid_event() const
bool	matches_event(event: InputEvent) const

Property Descriptions

Array events = [] 🔗

void set_events(value: Array)
Array get_events()

The shortcut's InputEvent array.

Generally the InputEvent used is an InputEventKey, though it can be any InputEvent, including an InputEventAction.

Method Descriptions

String get_as_text() const 🔗

Returns the shortcut's first valid InputEvent as a String.

bool has_valid_event() const 🔗

Returns whether events contains an InputEvent which is valid.

bool matches_event(event: InputEvent) const 🔗

Returns whether any InputEvent in events equals event. This uses InputEvent.is_match() to compare events.

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