Re: TreeView and default widget

[Attilio Fiandrotti <fiandro tiscali it>]

David NeÄas (Yeti) wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 12:07:17PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
>
> > In my interface i have a button which grabs default focus like this
> >
> > GTK_WIDGET_SET_FLAGS (GTK_WIDGET(my_button), GTK_CAN_DEFAULT);
> > gtk_widget_grab_default (button)
> >
> > so that it gets activated when the user presses enter key,
> > and i also have a Treeview which grabs focus like this
> >
> > gtk_widget_grab_focus(view)
> >
> > so that the user can scroll the list without tabbing into it.
> > Obviously, when the treeview is active, the enter key no longer 
> > activates the button and the user has to tab over it and press space or 
> > enter to activate it.
> > Is there a solution for this that doesn't require dealing with 
> > key_press_event signal?
>
>
> I suppose the treeview is completely passive when the user
> can press Enter and nothing is supposed to happen in the
> treeview itself.  Then you can connect to its
> "row-activated" signal and handle it as activation of the
> button.

Your supposition is correct, and today i'll test this trick that may 
solve my problem.

thanks

Attilio