The format looks like “<Control>a” or “<Shift><Alt>F1”.
The parser is fairly liberal and allows lower or upper case, and also
abbreviations such as “<Ctl>” and “<Ctrl>”.
Key names are parsed using Gdk.keyval_from_name. For character keys
the name is not the symbol, but the lowercase name, e.g. one would use
“<Ctrl>minus” instead of “<Ctrl>-”.
Modifiers are enclosed in angular brackets <>, and match the
Gdk.ModifierType mask:
<Shift> for GDK_SHIFT_MASK
<Ctrl> for GDK_CONTROL_MASK
<Alt> for GDK_ALT_MASK
<Meta> for GDK_META_MASK
<Super> for GDK_SUPER_MASK
<Hyper> for GDK_HYPER_MASK
If the parse operation fails, accelerator_key and accelerator_mods will
be set to 0 (zero).
Parses a string representing an accelerator.
The format looks like “
<Control>a” or “<Shift><Alt>F1”.The parser is fairly liberal and allows lower or upper case, and also abbreviations such as “
<Ctl>” and “<Ctrl>”.Key names are parsed using Gdk.keyval_from_name. For character keys the name is not the symbol, but the lowercase name, e.g. one would use “
<Ctrl>minus” instead of “<Ctrl>-”.Modifiers are enclosed in angular brackets
<>, and match the Gdk.ModifierType mask:<Shift>forGDK_SHIFT_MASK<Ctrl>forGDK_CONTROL_MASK<Alt>forGDK_ALT_MASK<Meta>forGDK_META_MASK<Super>forGDK_SUPER_MASK<Hyper>forGDK_HYPER_MASKIf the parse operation fails,
accelerator_keyandaccelerator_modswill be set to 0 (zero).