Re: Setting a default control in a windows

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 09:14 -0600, Bob Caryl wrote:
>  
> > Murray Cumming wrote:
> >    
> > > On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 08:46 -0600, Bob Caryl wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > > > Hello All,
> > > >
> > > > Gonna try this question again:
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to set a button in my window to be the "default" widget, 
> > > > i.e. this buttons "on_clicked" connected function will be executed when 
> > > > the enter key is pressed when this window has focus. 
> > > >
> > > > The code I'm using is as follows:
> > > >
> > > >  default_button->set_flags(Gtk::CAN_DEFAULT);
> > > >  default_button->grab_default();
> > > >  this->activate_default();
> > > >   
> > > >        
> > > I think you want to use Gtk::Window::set_default(). Maybe you are
> > > confusing that with activate_default().
> > >
> > > This is easier with libglademm.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > Hey Murray,
> >
> > I tried activate_default to no avail.
> >    
>
> set_default().
>
>  
> >  The application has three 
> > Gtk::Entry objects.  When run, the window appears with one of these 
> > Gtk::Entry objects having focus.  Perhaps there is something I should to 
> > in relation with the Gtk::Entry object?  Perhaps it needs to signal the 
> > window that the enter key has been pressed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob Caryl
> >    
Hello all,

I found the answer to my problem:  I needed to call the 
"set_activates_default" method for my Gtk::Entry objects in the window.  
Sorry for having troubled you guys with this.

Thanks,

Bob Caryl
www.fis-cal.com