Re: Differences between kinds of events

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

Gnaural wrote:
> I ultimately just used g_signal_connect with the main
> window to catch keypresses. But it wasn't clear to me
> why I couldn't get g_signal_connect to handle keyboard
> events for a drawing area. Any explanation would be
> appreciated. 

You should use gtk_widget_add_events() instead (in order
to not scrap the default events); and you should call it
before calling gtk_widget_show() and adding it to a container.

the event mask on the widget needs to be setup before the
widget is realized.

Cheers,
                       -Tristan