[Gambas-user] Normal behaviour for GTK+?

[Benoît Minisini]

> On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 18:58 +0200, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > > This has me pulling my hair out. I think I have narrowed the problem
> > > down to the GTK+ toolkit for Gambas.
> > >
> > > If I create a GTK+ project and put a TextBox and a ValueBox on a form
> > > and set their default values, when I tab to the TextBox I can over-type
> > > the text, but when I tab to the ValueBox, the number I type is
> > > appended:
> > >
> > > For example, if the ValueBox contains 5000 and I type 7, the value
> > > becomes 50007.
> > >
> > > However if I change the project to use a Qt GUI, it works as I expect,
> > > i.e. if the ValueBox contains 5000 and I type 7, the value becomes 7. I
> > > have been able to reproduce this behaviour.
> > >
> > > Is that normal for GTK+? Is there anything I can do short of using Qt?
> > > Am I doing something wrong?
> > >
> > > Also, I can't find any documentation why I might use Qt in Gambas as
> > > opposed to GTK+ in Gambas. Opinions on what is best and why will be
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > Which version of Gambas do you use?
> 
> V2.16.
> 
> >  I had to make an hack in gb.gtk recently
> > to make all basic events (Mouse, Keyboard, Enter and Leave) behave the
> > same way as in gb.qt. But the 2.17 is not released yet (I'm currently
> > busy with a theatre play), but you can try /branches/2.0 in the svn
> > repository.
> >
> > Can you make a little project for me that has the bug you describe? I
> > will test it with the future 2.17, and I will see if the bug has gone.
> 
> I can make one a lot smaller than "little":
> 
> PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
> 
>   ValueBox1.Value = 999
> 
> END
> 
> :)
> 
> Create a new GTK+ project with no options, drag a ValueBox to the
> default form. When you run the app, tab into the ValueBox so that 999 is
> selected then type another number.
> 

OK. There was a bug in the gb.gtk TextBox.Insert() method. The selected text 
was not deleted by the insertion, as usually expected.

I fixed it in revision #2394.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini