Re: grabbing arrow keys in Gtk::Window

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

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You should call win.add_events() with Gdk::EventType::KEY_PRESS before
you run your window.


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Emilian Nowak wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to grab key press event inside Gtk::Window
> I made a signal handler for signal_key_press_event(), but this signal is
> emitted when I press keys != (arrow keys).
> 
> I have attached simple test case for that. I was running it on gtkmm 2.8.8 and
> pressing arrow key does nothing. I was expecting it to print "key pressed",
> but something must be wrong here. 
> What is correct way to catch such key pressed events?
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> #include <gtkmm.h>
> #include <iostream>
> 
> bool key_pressed_callback(GdkEventKey *ek) {
> 	std::cout << "key pressed" << std::endl;
> 	return true;
> }
> 
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> 	Gtk::Main app(&argc, &argv);
> 
> 	Gtk::Window win;
> 	win.signal_key_press_event().connect(sigc::ptr_fun(&key_pressed_callback));
> 	app.run(win);
> 
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> 
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