Re: Can a popup catch keys?

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jan 1, 2006, at 11:24 AM, zentara wrote:

> I've been trying to figure out the way popup's and eventbox's
> handle keys.
>
> It seems that an eventbox in a popup will just pass the key signals
> onto the controlling terminal.

Actually, it looks as though the popup is being ignored by the window  
manager, so that the controlling terminal's window still has the  
input focus.

> Is there a way to make the popup catch the 'q' ?
>
> Furthermore, if I don't catch the mouse button signals, a click
> will be transparent and invoke my window manager's menu
> from the desktop when the window is a popup.

From poking at the gtk+ source, it appears that popup windows are  
parented to the root window, so this isn't surprising.  (Events not  
handled by the window are passed to its parent.)

> What are the tips, tricks, and secrets for popups?

If all you really want is a toplevel window with no decorations, you  
can use $window->set_decorated (FALSE) with a normal  
GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL window and avoid some of these issues.


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