Responding to hotkeys
At this point, almost all of the features are implemented as we intended. Now, let's add some hotkeys for frequently used actions to make our application much easier to use.
You may have noticed that, when we create the actions, we occasionally add a strange & to their text, such as &File and E&xit. Actually, this is a way of setting shortcuts in Qt. In certain Qt widgets, using & in front of a character will automatically create a mnemonic (a shortcut) for that character. Hence, in our application, if you press Alt + F, the File menu will be triggered, and while the File menu is expanded, we can see the Exit action on it. At this time, you press Alt + X, and the Exit action will be triggered to let the application exit. ...
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