Package org.eclipse.ui.keys

Class NaturalKey

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

org.eclipse.ui.keys.NaturalKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CharacterKey, SpecialKey

@Deprecated(forRemoval=true,
            since="2024-03")
public abstract class NaturalKey
extends Key

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Please use org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeyStroke and org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeyLookupFactory

Instances of NaturalKey represent all keys on the keyboard not known by convention as 'modifier keys'. These can either be keys that belong to a natural language of some kind(e.g., "A", "1"), any Unicode character (e.g., "backspace"), or they can be special controls keys used by computers (e.g., "F10", "PageUp").

NaturalKey objects are immutable. Clients are not permitted to extend this class.

Since:

3.0

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

key

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

compareTo, equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait