Re: Entrys focus

[Tim Janik <timj imendio com>]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Tim Janik wrote:

> 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.

as martyn rightfully points out to me on IRC, gtk_window_move_focus() is
not exported. the corresponding signal is however, and may freely be emitted
since it is a G_SIGNAL_ACTION signal, so moving focus TAB-alike 
programatically can be achieved by:
  g_signal_emit_by_name (window, "move-focus", GTK_DIR_TAB_FORWARD);


> > --
> > Regards,
> > Martyn

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