How to desactivate the Menu Key ?...

[GeKI]

Hello,

If you guys notice if you have an application that displays a splash screen or that uses a custom UI like games for example, when you press the menu key the app menu is displayed and this is not estetical for a game app that already have a custom menu. So how can I desactivate the Menu key? I've tried to capture the menu key using the following function:

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TInt CMyAppUi::CaptureKeysL(TBool aCancelCapture)
{
TInt result = KErrNone;

if(iCaptureKeyIds!=NULL)
{
for(TInt i=0; i<iCaptureKeyIds->Count(); i++)
iCoeEnv->RootWin().CancelCaptureKeyUpAndDowns((*iCaptureKeyIds)[i]);
delete iCaptureKeyIds;
iCaptureKeyIds = NULL;
}

if(!aCancelCapture)
{
iCaptureKeyIds = new (ELeave) CArrayFixFlat<TInt32>(5);

// key Menu
result = iCoeEnv->RootWin().CaptureKeyUpAndDowns(EStdKeyMenu,0,0);
if(result>0)
iCaptureKeyIds->AppendL(result);
}

result = KErrNone;
return result;
}
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I think the Menu key generate an event at EEventKeyDown not at EEventKey. I've tried with CaptureKey and CancelCaptureKey also but not results.


I use this function like this:

// to start capture menu key
CaptureKeysL(EFalse);
.......

// to stop capture menu key
CaptureKeysL(ETrue);

and in my AppUi class I have:

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TKeyResponse CMyAppUi::HandleKeyEventL(const TKeyEvent& aKeyEvent,TEventCode aType)
{
switch(aType)
{
case EEventKey:
case EEventKeyUp:
case EEventKeyDown:
{
switch(aKeyEvent.iScanCode)
{
case EStdKeyMenu:
return EKeyWasConsumed;
break;
}
}
break;
}
}
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So why the menu key isn't captured?!?!?!?!
Maybe is another solution?

Anyway I use a splash screen in my app and when I press the menu key the menu bar is displayed over the splash and this is not very estetically. So If you solve this problem please give me a hint.

Thanks.

[symbianyucca]

just define different set of buttons to be used when showing the splash screen, and only when it is dismissed, change back to options-exit buttons.

yucca

[GeKI]

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention, I develop for Series80 platform and I must define an empty menu resource at least in order to be able to add dinamically or not other menu options(I've tried to load another resource after the splash is dismissed but it doesn't work).

[gmsk19]

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention, I develop for Series80 platform and I must define an empty menu resource at least in order to be able to add dinamically or not other menu options(I've tried to load another resource after the splash is dismissed but it doesn't work).

Dude,
Capture EKeyMenu in OfferEventL. Hopefully this should work.

Regards
Shashi Kiran G M