Re: [gtk-list] RE: stopping arrow-moves-focus

[<nuke bayside net>]

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Stefan Jeske wrote:

> On 15-Jun-98 nuke@bayside.net wrote:
> > how would i stop the up/down arrows from moving the focus? what i'm trying
> > to do is trap the arrow keys in a GtkEntry, but it's impossible if the
> > GtkEntry never recieves the key code.
> 
> In your key_press callback, if event->keyval == GDK_Up / GDK_Down etc.,
> do a gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name (GTK_OBJECT (widget), "key_press_event").

thanks. that worked :)
i also realized that i was expecting GDK_uparrow and GDK_downarrow, which
aren't the arrow keys on my keyboard.

now to figure out how to signal a scrollbar to move itself..
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