How to listen to global hotkeys with Swift in an OS X app?

Question

I\'m trying to have a handler in my Mac OS X app written in Swift for a global (system-wide) hotkey combo but I just cannot find proper documentation for it. I\'ve read that

Answer 1

there is a pretty hacky, but also pretty simple workaround if your app has a Menu:

• add a new MenuItem (maybe call it something like "Dummy for Hotkey")
• in the attributes inspector, conveniently enter your hotkey in the Key Equivalent field
• set Allowed when Hidden, Enabled and Hidden to true
• link it with an IBAction to do whatever your hotkey is supposed to do

done!