Class GlobalHotkey

Provides access to the OpenFin representation of the current code context (usually a document such as a View or Window), as well as to the current Interop context.

Useful for debugging in the devtools console, where this will intelligently type itself based on the context in which the devtools panel was opened.

Adds a listener to the end of the listeners array for the specified event.

Checks if a given hotkey has been registered

Example

const hotkey = 'CommandOrControl+X';

fin.GlobalHotkey.isRegistered(hotkey)
.then((registered) => {
    console.log(`hotkey ${hotkey} is registered ? ${registered}`);
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log('Error unregistering the hotkey', err);
});
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Adds a listener to the end of the listeners array for the specified event.

Remarks

Event payloads are documented in the Events namespace.

Adds a one time listener for the event. The listener is invoked only the first time the event is fired, after which it is removed.

Remarks

Event payloads are documented in the Events namespace.

Adds a listener to the beginning of the listeners array for the specified event.

Remarks

Event payloads are documented in the Events namespace.

Adds a one time listener for the event. The listener is invoked only the first time the event is fired, after which it is removed. The listener is added to the beginning of the listeners array.

Remarks

Event payloads are documented in the Events namespace.

Registers a global hotkey with the operating system.

Remarks

The hotkey parameter expects an electron compatible accelerator and the listener will be called if the hotkey is pressed by the user. If successfull, the hotkey will be 'claimed' by the application, meaning that this register call can be called multiple times from within the same application but will fail if another application has registered the hotkey.
The register call will fail if given any of these reserved Hotkeys:

• CommandOrControl+0
• CommandOrControl+=
• CommandOrControl+Plus
• CommandOrControl+-
• CommandOrControl+_
• CommandOrControl+Shift+I
• F5
• CommandOrControl+R
• Shift+F5
• CommandOrControl+Shift+R

Raises the registered event.

Example

const hotkey = 'CommandOrControl+X';

fin.GlobalHotkey.register(hotkey, () => {
console.log(`${hotkey} pressed`);
})
.then(() => {
    console.log('Success');
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log('Error registering the hotkey', err);
});
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Removes all listeners, or those of the specified event.

Remove a listener from the listener array for the specified event.

Remarks

Caution: Calling this method changes the array indices in the listener array behind the listener.

Unregisters a global hotkey with the operating system.

Remarks

This method will unregister all existing registrations of the hotkey within the application. Raises the unregistered event.

Example

const hotkey = 'CommandOrControl+X';

fin.GlobalHotkey.unregister(hotkey)
.then(() => {
    console.log('Success');
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log('Error unregistering the hotkey', err);
});
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Unregisters all global hotkeys for the current application.

Remarks

Raises the unregistered event for each hotkey unregistered.

Example

fin.GlobalHotkey.unregisterAll()
.then(() => {
    console.log('Success');
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log('Error unregistering all hotkeys for this application', err);
});
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