[PyQt] Odd key press behavior in PyQt app

Umang Varma umang.me at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 04:57:31 GMT 2011


Just wondering whether this is the wrong place to ask and if so what
might be a better list to ask this question on.

Thanks,

Umang

On 02/13/2011 09:42 PM, Umang Varma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like some help in fixing a bug in my application. The
> application is a game that reads user input using keyPressEvent to solve
> a word game.
> 
> Occasionally, a very strange behavior occurs. When the user hits the 'g'
> or the 'h' keys, the Alt+G or Alt+H key press behavior is observed (my
> menu captions are &Game and &Help). This makes it impossible to "play"
> the letters "g" and "h" should they exist on one of the anagrams.
> However, this happens very rarely and usually 'g' and 'h' key presses
> are accepted, which makes me believe that this is not a bug in my code.
> 
> Does anyone know what might be causing it and whether there is anything
> I can do to fix this in my code? If not, is this a bug in Qt/PyQt and
> has it already been reported?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Umang
> 
> PS: The bug I'm trying to fix is https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/718462



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