Re: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] MDI apps and keyboard navigation (dialogui)

[Robert M. <rob...@us...>]

On 15/07/07, Salvador Ortiz Garc=EDa <so...@ms...> wrote:
> Right now when using the MDI TAB navigation just doesn't works, as a
> test just change the MDI.pl sample by adding a second Textfield control,
> make them singleline (to keep it simple), add the proper tabstop =3D> 1
> and try adding a dialogui=3D>1 either to the MDIChild or to the MDIFrame.
>
> (Complete test case at request)
>
> The first case (dialogui=3D>1 in MDIChild) simply doesn't works because i=
n
> the main loop of Dialog in GUI.xs, fIsDialog is tested only on the top
> window.
>
> In the second case (dialogui=3D>1 in MDIFrame) a first TAB seems to work,
> but the focus doesn't move past the first control.
>
> Worse, when I try adding a -controlparent =3D> 1 to the MDIChild, a few
> TABs results in all the application freezing.
>
> The attached patch cures that, allowing dialogui=3D>1 in the MDIChild and
> calling IsDialogMessage in the context of that window.
>
> Comments?

Thanks.  I've applied this to my local copy, and will sync it into CVS
once I've had a chance to give it a spin.  MDI windows aren't
something I use much (at all?), so I'll only be making sure it doesn't
break anything else.

Regards,
Rob.