The following methods:

  widget.add_accelerator(accel_signal, accel_group, accel_key, accel_mods, accel_flags)
  
  widget.remove_accelerator(accel_group, accel_key, accel_mods)

add and remove accelerators from a gtk.AcceleratorGroup that must be attached to the top level widget to handle the accelerators.

The accel_signal is a signal that is valid for the widget to emit.

The accel_key is a keyboard key to use as the accelerator.

The accel_mods are modifiers to add to the accel_key (e.g. Shift, Control, etc.):

  SHIFT_MASK
  LOCK_MASK
  CONTROL_MASK
  MOD1_MASK
  MOD2_MASK
  MOD3_MASK
  MOD4_MASK
  MOD5_MASK
  BUTTON1_MASK
  BUTTON2_MASK
  BUTTON3_MASK
  BUTTON4_MASK
  BUTTON5_MASK
  RELEASE_MASK

The accel_flags set options about how the accelerator information is displayed. Valid values are:

  ACCEL_VISIBLE         # display the accelerator key in the widget display
  
  ACCEL_LOCKED          # do not allow the accelerator display to change

An accelerator group is created by the function:

  accel_group = gtk.AccelGroup()

The accel_group is attached to a top level widget with the following method:

  window.add_accel_group(accel_group)

An example of adding an accelerator:

  menu_item.add_accelerator("activate", accel_group,
                            ord('Q'), gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE)