No better way? (was Re: Ignore input)

[Taura Milana <learfox furry ao net>]

On 2002.01.15 15:01 Havoc Pennington wrote:
> Taura Milana <learfox furry ao net> writes:
> > Is there a way to block or ignore input events on a GtkWindow
> > for a indefinate period?  I want to be able to ignore events
> > like "key_press_event" and "button_press_events" while the
> > GtkWindow is `busy processing'.  (but not setting it insensitive)
>
> You can connect to the events and gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name(), 
> but if you break certain invariants (such as press/release coming in
> pairs) you can confuse GTK.
>
> Another approach is to grab the pointer on a GtkInvisible.

Would that take the pointer away from other (other applications)
windows as well?

Isn't there a better way? Like how dialogs work, setting a dialog
modal will discard all input events for other windows and only
let the dialog window process events.

There must be a way to do just that except not process any input
events period.


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