OSX keyboard shortcut background application, how to

Question

I want my OSX application to sit in the background and wait for a keyboard shortcut to go into action. It should be configurable similar to Growl in the preferences, or accessible as dropbox in the statusbar.

• What kind of xcode template do I have to use?
• How do I capture keyboard shortcuts globally?

Answer 1

Have a look at Dave DeLong's DDHotKey class on GitHub.

DDHotKey is an easy-to-use Cocoa class for registering an application to respond to system key events, or "hotkeys".

A global hotkey is a key combination that always executes a specific action, regardless of which app is frontmost. For example, the Mac OS X default hotkey of "command-space" shows the Spotlight search bar, even if Finder is not the frontmost application.

A generous licence as well.