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Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> hi all...
> 
> question (wow, what surprise :-)):
> 
> in dialogs, the "tab" key moves to the next control...
> is it possible to use this feature with some TextCtrl's in a sizer too?
Not tested, but putting the textctrls in a wxPanel should work.
( of course you can put the panel in a sizer, or a sizer
 in the panel )

Regards
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> > > in dialogs, the "tab" key moves to the next control...
> > > is it possible to use this feature with some TextCtrl's in a sizer too?
> > Not tested, but putting the textctrls in a wxPanel should work.
> > ( of course you can put the panel in a sizer, or a sizer
> >  in the panel )
> > 
> > Regards
> > Mattia
> 
> yes, works! thanks...
> now i can move with "enter" and "tab" through my textctrls...
> 
> in a textctrl i wish to use  wxTE_PROCESS_TAB but this doesn't work...
> but wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER works...
> because of this i assume that the mistake is not on my side?
Somewhat: with wxTE_PROCESS_TAB the textctrl generates key events for
TAB presses; hovever if you do not handle the key events ( EVT_CHAR )
for TAB keys, or Skip() them, this triggers the default behaviour
( go to next control ).

HTH
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Marco T. <wx...@so...>]

> > in a textctrl i wish to use  wxTE_PROCESS_TAB but this doesn't work...
> > but wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER works...
> > because of this i assume that the mistake is not on my side?
> Somewhat: with wxTE_PROCESS_TAB the textctrl generates key events for
> TAB presses; hovever if you do not handle the key events ( EVT_CHAR )
> for TAB keys, or Skip() them, this triggers the default behaviour
> ( go to next control ).
>
> HTH
> Mattia

interesting...
i just want the tab to make a tab...
if the control isn't in a dialog or in a label this works by default...

can you (or someone else) give me an example of how to do this?
i have an EVT_CHAR on the textctrl and it captures every key event...
what do i have to do now that the chars go to the textctrl?
i mean it looks unnecessary to me to capture every pressed key and write it
to the textctrl just to don't loose the tab

greetings
Marco

Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> > > in a textctrl i wish to use  wxTE_PROCESS_TAB but this doesn't work...
> > > but wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER works...
> > > because of this i assume that the mistake is not on my side?
> > Somewhat: with wxTE_PROCESS_TAB the textctrl generates key events for
> > TAB presses; hovever if you do not handle the key events ( EVT_CHAR )
> > for TAB keys, or Skip() them, this triggers the default behaviour
> > ( go to next control ).
> >
> > HTH
> > Mattia
> 
> interesting...
...but as usual I missed to give the last step...

> i just want the tab to make a tab...
> if the control isn't in a dialog or in a label this works by default...
# WARNING: untested, but should ( almost ) work
sub OnChar {
  my( $this, $event ) = @_;

  if( $event->GetKeyCode == 9 ) { # 9 is the ASCII code for TAB
    $this->WriteText( "\t" );
  } else {
    $event->Skip; # search for the next handler
  }
}

should do...
> can you (or someone else) give me an example of how to do this?
> i have an EVT_CHAR on the textctrl and it captures every key event...
> what do i have to do now that the chars go to the textctrl?
Skip() the event ( Skip-ing an event means that wx searches
for the next event handler )

> i mean it looks unnecessary to me to capture every pressed key and write it
> to the textctrl just to don't loose the tab

Regards
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Marco T. <wx...@so...>]

> > in dialogs, the "tab" key moves to the next control...
> > is it possible to use this feature with some TextCtrl's in a sizer too?
> Not tested, but putting the textctrls in a wxPanel should work.
> ( of course you can put the panel in a sizer, or a sizer
>  in the panel )
> 
> Regards
> Mattia

yes, works! thanks...
now i can move with "enter" and "tab" through my textctrls...

in a textctrl i wish to use  wxTE_PROCESS_TAB but this doesn't work...
but wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER works...
because of this i assume that the mistake is not on my side?

any suggestions/ideas?

greetings
Marco

Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

[Marco T. <wx...@so...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mattia Barbon" <mb...@ds...>
To: "Marco Trudel" <wx...@so...>
Cc: <wxp...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [wxperl-users] <tab> moving between controls

> > hi all...
> > 
> > question (wow, what surprise :-)):
> > 
> > in dialogs, the "tab" key moves to the next control...
> > is it possible to use this feature with some TextCtrl's in a sizer too?
> Not tested, but putting the textctrls in a wxPanel should work.
> ( of course you can put the panel in a sizer, or a sizer
>  in the panel )
> 
> Regards
> Mattia

well, think my question wasn't precise enough...
in fact i wanted the tab to work in a frame...

just saw it in the docs:
wxTAB_TRAVERSAL (Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.)

think that's the most easy way to do it...

greetings
Marco