Re: [gtk-list] Problem: no key press/release events.

[Tomi Ollila <Tomi Ollila tfi net>]

Sunday Aug 15 23:19:48 +0300 1999 Tomi Ollila <Tomi.Ollila@tfi.net> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I've been writing a program where I like to get key press/release events
> in addition to mouse button press/release events to an eventbox widget
> inside a window.
> 
/* code stuff deleted */
> 
> All the functions "connected above" printf's the event happened. Now
> I do get button press/release events displayed on the terminal when I
> pressed any of the mouse buttons, but no key press/release events when I
> typed something over the eventbox.
> 
> What have I missed to get the key press/release events to work ?

OK. I read the sample manual at: http://pobox.com/~hp/gnome-app-devel.html
and noticed the problem is w/ `keyboard' focus. If I understood right, 
W/ G[DT]K only toplevel window receives keyboard events and it redirects
the data to the widget in question.

I reorganized by code a bit to test this, and indeed -- when I add the
keypress/release masks to the toplevel window and connect the signals
accorginfly, I get the events... 

Now one thing I yet not know: How to add my eventbox widget to the list
of widgets where the toplevel window enters focus?

> 
> Tomi
> 

Tomi