Re: Entrys focus

[Tim Janik <timj imendio com>]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Martyn Russell wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 16:16 +0100, Tim Janik wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Juan Pablo wrote:
> > > Martyn Russell wrote:
> > > > Have a look at gtk_container_set_focus_chain ().  If for example, you
> > > > have a GtkHBox with 3 GtkEntry widgets in it, the GtkHBox is the
> > > > container you would use to get or set the focus chain.
> > > Thank you for this, it help me with my ooother problem :) but it is not what
> > > i asked about :-p.
> > > I have a window with a lot of entrys and the user needs to complete them
> > > quick and easy.
> > > So, when he press enter i need the next entry get the focus. Just like
> > > pressing tab but with enter.
> > > May I do this by checking the enter key press and emiting a tab? That could
> > > be a lot of code for a dialog with 30 entrys if I have to do it one by one,
> > > but if it works and there is no other way...
> >
> > you probably want to connect to the entrie's button-press event
>
> OR you might want to use the "activate" signal for the GtkEntry, that
> would save you the hassle of playing with the event details to find out
> if they pressed enter or some other key.
>
> > and call gtk_window_move_focus() from there.
>
> Tim, I think you meant gtk_widget_grab_focus() or gtk_window_set_focus()
> here.

no, those functions don't advance the focus widget, which was requested to
occour upon enter.

> --
> Regards,
> Martyn

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