+ (id)addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:(NSEventMask)mask handler:(void (^)(NSEvent*))block

The weird thing is that my program does respond to the hotkey, it just also makes the alert sound…it’s like its not telling the system that it responsible for handling this key press.

Now i found another error in my code.

When you add local event monitor – event handler block returns NSEvent object so you can modify it. In case of global events – your handler returns void since you can’t modify global events. This might be the cause of your beep.

Ergo, you should change your code from this: [NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:NSKeyDownMask handler:^(NSEvent *event) {

to this: [NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:NSKeyDownMask handler:^{

I guess i should reread my post a few times before posting it ,)

As for the second part of my post here is the code I wrote to show what is being pressed:

myHotKey = [NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:NSKeyDownMask handler:^(NSEvent *event) {

NSString *keysPressed = @"";
if ([event modifierFlags] & NSControlKeyMask)
keysPressed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@^", keysPressed];
if ([event modifierFlags] & NSAlternateKeyMask)
keysPressed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@?", keysPressed];
if ([event modifierFlags] & NSShiftKeyMask)
keysPressed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@?", keysPressed];
if ([event modifierFlags] & NSCommandKeyMask)
keysPressed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@?", keysPressed];
keysPressed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", keysPressed, [[event charactersIgnoringModifiers] uppercaseString]];
NSLog(@”%@”, keysPressed);

if ([event keyCode] == 103) //F11
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@”myNotification” object:nil];
}];

And regarding the display of the characters, I’d suggest shortcut recorder from wafflesoft.

Also, is there an easy way to translate the keys codes into their printable characters? For example, I want to have a text box display ‘⌘ + X’ whenever ⌘ + X is pressed.