Re: [Pythoncard-users] Context menus

[Ruben M. <rmc...@ya...>]

I stand corrected.  Thank you for the clear
explanation Alex.

-Ruben

--- Alex Tweedly <al...@tw...> wrote:

> Ruben Marquez wrote:
> 
> >This is more a Python question than a PythonCard
> >question, but out of curiosity I did a quick search
> on
> >Comp.Lang.Python and found a possible solution:
> >
>
>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f719f4199542b53f/26b0f980d3e12c4a?q=capture+key+press&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.lang.python%2Fsearch%3Fgroup%3Dcomp.lang.python%26q%3Dcapture+key+press%26qt_g%3D1%26searchnow%3DSearch+this+group%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#26b0f980d3e12c4a
> >
> >I haven't tested it.  Hope it helps.
> >  
> >
> No, it really is a PythonCard question.
> 
> The thread you found is about console IO (or rather,
> standard input) for 
> non-GUI applications. Detecting and handling input
> (such as "key" 
> events) within wxPython (and PythonCard) is
> completely different.
> 
> I believe the KEY events aren't handled for a grid
> component, so you 
> need to do it directly in wxPython. As a simple
> example, I added the 
> following at the end of on_initialize in the
> simplegrid.py sample that 
> came with PythonCard.
> 
>        
>         ## try binding key_down
>         mygrid.Bind(wx.EVT_KEY_DOWN, self.OnKeyDown)
>        
>     def OnKeyDown(self, evt):
>         if evt.KeyCode() == wx.WXK_DELETE:
>             print "Delete was pressed"
>         evt.Skip()
>         return
> 
> and it does properly detect "delete" when pressed
> after selecting a 
> row/column  (and doesn't detect it when the delete
> is pressed within a 
> cell editor).
> 
> You can find some more examples in the wxPython Demo
> samples if you need 
> it ...
> 
> -- Alex.
> 
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