[Fxruby-users] Re: Focus for FXDialogBox & Widgets

[Lyle J. <ly...@kn...>]

On Apr 17, 2004, at 10:59 PM, John Reed wrote:

> 	1.  	If I put a line of code in my FXDialogBox initialize def =
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> sets the focus to the first field, then my Ctrl-C menu command which=20=

> executes ID_CANCEL doesn=92t work without pressing the tab to go to =
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> next field. Without the set focus on the 1st widget, the Ctrl-C works=20=

> fine. Is there something else that I need to do in my code?

I know that the text field widget (FXTextField) catches Ctrl+C (for=20
"Copy") and so it doesn't surprise me that it never executes the=20
ID_CANCEL for the focused text field (e.g. in the first case). I am=20
actually surprised that it *does* work when you tab to the next field,=20=

assuming that that widget is also a text field.

> 	2.  	When a message box event gets fired from my FXDialogBox, =
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> focus doesn=92t return to the FXDialogBox after I close the message =
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> unless I click on it. Is there an event that I can fire that will=20
> automatically do this?

What happens if you do:

           self.handle(self, MKUINT(0, SEL_FOCUS_SELF), null)

where here, "self" is a reference to the dialog box?

> Thanks for your help.

No problem, hope this helps.

Lyle