Re: TextArea and TextEdit Change Event

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 16 Sept 2026 at 17:20, CD <dessere.claude@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While comparing TextArea (gb.qtx) and TextEdit (gb.qtx.ext),
> I encountered some surprising behavior with these text controls.
>
> Hovering the mouse over the control (triggering the _Enter() and
> _Leave() events) causes a _Change() event to fire, even though the
> control's text remains unchanged...
> Is this a bug, or have I misunderstood the _Change() event?
>
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.qt4/textarea/.change?l=fr
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.qt4.ext/textedit/.change?l=fr
>
> Best regards
>
> Example attached.


I find it is not Enter / Leave motion, that all seems to work as expected,
no extra Change events here.

But if i click the IDE window (or any other window) so it pops to
foreground and the test program goes behind it then i get multiple Change
events fire
Then another Change event fires when i click the test program window to
bring it to foreground again.

I guess as nothing is actually changing it must be a bug.

Respects
BruceS