'#' key press not returning Qt::Key_NumberSign on Mac

AndyBrice

If I press the '#' key on my Windows PC (with UK keyboard) this code:

void MainWindow::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* event )
{
    QMainWindow::keyPressEvent( event );
    qDebug() << "event->key()=" << event->key();
    qDebug() << "event->modifiers()=" << event->modifiers();
}

Outputs:

Qt::Key_NumberSign
Qt::NoModifier

As, expected.

But if I press Option-3 to get the '#' key on my Mac (with UK keyboard) the same code gives:

Qt::Key_3
Qt::AltModifier

Instead of Qt::Key_NumberSign.

This behaviour is not great because it means that I am going to get different codes on different Mac keyboard layouts.

I don't really want to have to do something ugly like this to trap '#' press on both Windows or Mac:

if ( event->key() == Qt::Key_NumberSign
#ifdef Q_OS_MACX
|| ( event->key() == Qt::Key_3 && ( ( event->modifiers() & Qt::AltModifier ) || ( event->modifiers() & Qt::ShiftModifier ) ) )
#endif
  )
{
    ...
}

Is there a cleaner way?

jeremy_k

QKeyEvent::text() should return QString("#").

AndyBrice

@ jeremy_k
That's what I was looking for - Thanks!