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Flutter web shortcuts between widgets

I have a flutter web app that is Outlook style. A user can create a message and click a send button.

I want to add the ability to send using a keyboard combination like Alt+S.

I am trying to do this using the shortcuts widget with intents and actions.

The problem I am facing is that the widget where the message is composed and the widget where the send button is are sibling widgets. They have a common parent widget.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks

Yaron

I can get it two work if I tab to widget where the send button is but don’t understand where to place the shortcuts and action widgets if I want to get it to work between two sibling widgets.

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    Got it to work by wrapping the parent widget with CallbackShortcuts widgets and a focus widget: return CallbackShortcuts( bindings: { LogicalKeySet(LogicalKeyboardKey.alt, LogicalKeyboardKey.keyS): () { print( "sending request number ${widget.genreRequest.requestIdentifier}"); _handleRequestSubmit(widget.genreRequest.requestIdentifier, 1); }, }, child: Focus( autofocus: true, child: ...


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    Your problem can be surpassed if you write your send functionality in a separate function. You can them use it in both the intent and the button.

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