Re: TextBox does not trigger KeyPress event with gtk3

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 26 May 2024 at 14:21, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The following code...
>
> Public Sub TextBox1_KeyPress()
>
>   Debug Key.Text
>   If Key.Text Not Like "[0-9]" Then Stop Event
>
> End
>
> With qt5 if i press text keys the key is printed in the debugger and the
> textbox inputs nothing,
> and if i press numerical keys they are printed and entered into textbox,
> as expected.
>
> gtk3 on the other hand does not fire the TextBox_Keypress event at all.
> all keys are entered into the textbox and the debugger prints nothing.
>
> So the statement on the wiki,,
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.qt4/control/.keypress
> Event Cancellation If you stop the event with STOP EVENT
> <https://gambaswiki.org/edit/lang/stopevent>, the control won't see the
> keyboard event at all.
>
> Is only actually true for qt not gtk3
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>

I just looked at MaskBox.class source in gb.form and it too uses
TextBox_KeyPress event to do a lot of processing so it's also broken.
Even the FTestMaskBox.class tester program in gb.form does not work with
gtk3, only qt

Respects
BruceS