RE: key_release_event

["Arjan J. Molenaar" <A J Molenaar xirion nl>]

> From: Jan Jirmasek [mailto:jim@ure.cas.cz]
> Hi!
> 
>   I have this problem: I have one main window and one drawing area
> inside. I want to catch the key_press_event and the 
> key_release_event and
> according to holding or not holding a key I want to change the current
> cursor inside the drawing area.
> 
[snip]
>   I wouldn't mind, if I could have chance to catch the 
> signals only in the
> main window handlers. It would be ok, but WHY the key_press_event
> handler of the main window IS called and the 
> key_release_event handler is
> NEVER called?
> 
>   Can anyone help me?
> 

Have you set an event mask for the widget (GDK_*_MASK)? If the GDK_KEY_RELEASE_MASK is not set, you'll never recieve those events.

Hope this helps...

Regards,

Arjan