Re: Getting keyboard input into an unfocused window

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Mubashir <mcheema yahoo com> writes:
> I have been able to get keyboard input for my application without a
> problem (when it is in focus).  Using the following:
>
> gtk_signal_connect( (GTK_OBJECT(window), "key_press_event",
>                       GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(eventPressKey), NULL);
>
> However I need to get keyboard input even when my application window does
> not have the focus.  I have played around with XGrabKeyboard, which does
> a good job of grabbing the keyboard, however it does not send the events
> to my application window when my app goes out of focus.  I am very new
> at GTK programming and would appreciate any pointers.

If you also gdk_pointer_grab(), it should keep the focus in your app.

Havoc