RE: Constrained text entry

["Jeff Henrikson" <jehenrik yahoo com>]

> Hi,
>
> See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50276

Thanks for the advice on how to proceed.  I didn't realize it was a documented problem, nor that my first email was cited on the
bug report.  I'll try to stick links to my several followup posts on the bug report.  I'll see what I can do towards a solution
once I debug my problem with the focus grab primitives.


Jeff Henrikson


> -----Original Message-----
> From: hp icon labs redhat com [mailto:hp icon labs redhat com]On Behalf
> Of Havoc Pennington
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:09 PM
> To: Jeff Henrikson
> Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Constrained text entry
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50276
>
> > 1) explain why my code example at the twice cited URL does not grab focus correctly.  (the version I tested this against was
> > somewhat old- 1.2.7 on MS win32)
> >
> > 2) tell me when any such changes might show up in a release, given
> > that I manifest the behavior I am talking about in (standalone)
> > code.  What if I patch GTK myself?
>
> I would suggest that you proceed by:
>
>  - developing a detailed UI spec for how it should behave, citing
>    behavior on Windows, Qt, Swing, if appropriate
>
>  - propose an API for it, again citing how those toolkits work
>
>  - attach this info to bug #50276, and also post a proposal to
>    gtk-devel-list for comment
>
>  - as comments are given roll them back in to the proposal
>    (i.e. maintain the draft proposal)
>
> That's the bulk of the work. Actually doing the coding would be
> appreciated, but probably the coding is pretty trivial, the real
> reason this feature is currently on the "future" milestone is the
> design/spec phase.
>
> Havoc
>