Re: Entry widget and default OK button

[Jan Rychter <jwr rgstudio com pl>]

René Seindal:
> Jan Rychter wrote:
> > I know this question must have been asked before, but looking through
> > the list archives and docs I couldn't find an answer.
> > 
> > I have a dialog with an entry widget and a default OK button. I'd like
> > the user to be able to just press Enter after entering something into
> > the entry widget to exit the dialog. However, that does not seem to
> > work.
> > 
> > How do I make the entry widget "default-capable"? Do I have to intercept
> > the keypress events and look for Enter being pressed?
> 
> The Entry widget emits an 'activate' when you press return in it. Just
> attach to the activate signal on the entry and do whatever you do when
> your button is clicked.
> 
> >From the GtkEditable docs:
> 
> The "activate" signal
> 
>  void        user_function                  (GtkEditable *editable,
>                                              gpointer user_data);
> 
> Indicates that the user has activated the widget in some fashion.
> Generally, this will be done with a keystroke. (The default binding for
> this action is Return for GtkEntry and Control-Return for GtkText.)

Thanks, René! This is exactly what I needed.

I'll make a FAQ entry out of this and send to the FAQ maintainers, this
is a little bit of information that was particularly difficult to find
for me.

--J.