Two shortcuts for one action

Question

I need two shortcuts for one action.

Ctrl+1 or ctrl+s

Is there any way how to do that? Or I have to create copy of the action and than assign second shortcut to this action?

Did you look at `QAction::setShortcuts(const QList & shortcuts)`? — vahancho, Apr 30 '14 at 13:07
Write this as an answer please.. I am using qt designer and there is used just method setShortcut. So I have to write a wrapper for this. — Meloun, May 01 '14 at 11:43

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '14 at 19:24

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In order of install multiple shortcuts on an action you can use QAction::setShortcuts(const QList<QKeySequence> & shortcuts) function. For example:

QList<QKeySequence> shortcuts;
shortcuts << QKeySequence("Ctrl+1") << QKeySequence("Ctrl+S");
action->setShortcuts(shortcuts);

answered May 01 '14 at 19:24

vahancho

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One line code : action->setShortcuts( QList() << tr("Ctrl+1") << tr("Ctrl+S") ); – Rémi Aug 23 '17 at 14:19
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Or even better one-liner `action->setShortcuts({ tr("Ctrl+1"), tr("Ctrl+S") });` – HiFile.app - best file manager Apr 12 '18 at 11:15
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Is there a way to do it within Qt Designer or editingg the ui file? – Martin Delille Jun 10 '20 at 14:17
@MartinDelille, yes. Select a menu action on Designer, in the property editor find "shortcut" property and set the key sequence(s). – vahancho Jun 10 '20 at 14:38
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@vahancho it works for a single shortcut but not for two. – Martin Delille Jun 10 '20 at 15:59
@MartinDelille, what doesn't work: you cannot set multiple shortcuts or you can, but it's only one that works? I use Qt 5.14.x and it offers to press shortcut, I do and it inputs something like "Ctrl+F, Ctrl+K" in the value field for the 'shortcut' property. – vahancho Jun 11 '20 at 06:58

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