Global hotkeys in a cross-platform Qt application

Question

I\'m creating a cross platform utility, in C++ using Qt, for which I need to have shortcut keys (or hotkeys, not really sure about the difference). Essentially the applicati

Answer 1

I'm digging up this old non-answered question because, using QML, I encountered the same issue. The Shortcut QML type allow you to specify a context property but you still need a focused application or window.

However, I found a library resolving this issue : QHotkey. Describing itself on Github as :

A global shortcut/hotkey for Desktop Qt-Applications.

The QHotkey is a class that can be used to create hotkeys/global shortcuts, aka shortcuts that work everywhere, independent of the application state. This means your application can be active, inactive, minimized or not visible at all and still receive the shortcuts.

QHockey is available as a package through qpm and can be used directly from C++.