TImageEnView.KeyInteract

Declaration

property KeyInteract: TIEVKeyInteract

Description

Specifies which keyboard activities the component will handle automatically.

Value	Description
vkiScrollView	Clicking the cursor keys will scroll the view in the same way as moving the scrollbar (this will only occur if there are no layers or selection active)
vkiMoveSelection	Allow rectangular selections and layers to be moved by the cursor keys, or scrolling of the view (Hold Ctrl key to resize selections. Hold Shift to speed up movement)
vkiInteractiveTools	Enables the use of the keyboard when using the interactive tools: BrushTool, RetouchTool, CloneTool, CropTool or RotateTool. Generally this enables the "Enter" key to enact the current operation or the "Escape" key to cancel the current operation
vkiLayerEditing	Enables Keyboard Shortcuts to manipulate the selected layer (Also see: loPreventLayerDelete)
vkiPdfViewer	Enables Keyboard Shortcuts when viewing PDF documents with the PdfViewer
vkiMiscellaneous	Ctrl+Plus/Minus will zoom in/out of the image. Ctrl+0 will reset the zoom. Ctrl+R will show the rulers

Note: You can define or disable keyboard shortcuts using KeyboardShortcuts or OnKeyboardShortcut

Default: [vkiScrollView, vkiMoveSelection, vkiInteractiveTools, vkiLayerEditing, vkiPdfViewer, vkiMiscellaneous]

Examples

// Disable all keyboard interaction
ImageEnMView1.KeyInteract := [];

// Allow user to move the selection and use keyboard for interactive tools
ImageEnMView1.KeyInteract := [ vkiMoveSelection, vkiInteractiveTools ];

// Only allow the keyboard to be used for layer editing
ImageEnMView1.KeyInteract := [ vkiLayerEditing ];

Compatibility Notes

KeyInteract was added in v14.0.0. It replaces the following options:

New	Old
vkiMoveSelection	iesoAllowMoveByKeyboard of SelectionOptions
vkiInteractiveTools	KeyboardShortcuts property
vkiLayerEditing	loKeyboardShortcuts of LayerOptions

TImageEnView.KeyInteract