Re: Keeping keyboard focus (ie GtkCLists)

[Mihai Bazon <mbazon websci ro>]

There's no need to use gtk_widget_grab_focus().

In your event-key handler, you must have something like this:

gboolean
on_key_press(GtkEventBox *eb, GdkEventKey *event, gpointer data)
{
  switch (event->keyval) {
   ...
  case GDK_Up:
    ... /* handle the event */
    /* .. and then stop the signal */
    gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name(GTK_OBJECT(eb), "key_press_event")
    return TRUE; /* return TRUE if you handled the signal */
   ...
  }
}

By doing this you are telling Gtk+ that you don't want that key to be
reinterpreted anymore after your handler is run.  This way, the signal
stops here.

eb is your event box.

Have fun!
//mishoo

On 07 Aug 2001 14:33:49 PDT
"Tara M" <learfox furry ao net> wrote:

> I have a GtkWidget (an event box) that I needs to keep
> the keyboard focus after it recieves a GDK_EVENT_KEY_PRESS
> or GDK_EVENT_KEY_RELEASE where the keyval is one of the
> up, down, left, right arrows.
>
> Normally this event is recieved but then the focus is
> moved to the next or previous widget.
>
> I tried putting a gtk_widget_grab_focus() right after
> in the GdkEventKey handler but it dosen't work, the focus
> still gets moved.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> -- 
> --
> Sincerely,                ,"-_                         \|/
> -Capt. Taura M.           ,   O=__                    --X--
> .__                        ,_JNMNNEO=_                 /|\
> OMNOUMmnne.                {OMMNNNEEEEOO=_
> UOOOBIOOOEOMMn.             'LONMMMMNNEEEOOO=.__..,,..
> UUOOEUUOOOOOOOObe            '"=OMMMMWNEEEOOOOO,"=OEEEOO=,._
> OOUUUIEEIOONNOIUbe.              "7OMMMMNNNNNWWEEEEOOOOOO"   "'.
> EEBNNMMMNWNWWEEIMMNe.           __  7EMMMNNNNNWWWEEEEEEEOO.     " .
> NNMMMMWWWMMMWEINMMMNn          "=BBEEEEMMMMMMMMNNNWWWEEOOOOO=._     .
>                 http://furry.ao.net/~learfox/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list
> gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list


-- 

  ... and on the seventh day, He exited from append mode.