[Gambas-user] no MouseMove() event on GTK

[bb]

On Mon, 2021-12-20 at 16:36 +0000, Bruce Steers wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 16:34, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks.
> > 
> > Can't figure this one out...
> > 
> > I've been working on a filemanager with a redesigned IconView like
> > control.
> > Hit a roadblock though where my control will not fire the
> > View_MouseMove()
> > event with GTK.
> > it's firing View_Draw() as the background image shows from there.
> > 
> > on qt i can hold left mouse and drag-select multiple icons (the
> > current
> > bit i've been working on) tried on gtk and discovered MouseMove
> > event not
> > happening :(
> > 
> > on QT it's working as expected but not on either GTKs :(
> > 
> > Any clues why this might be?
> > Many thanks
> > BruceS
> > 
> 
> I forgot to mention
> MyFileView.class is the class of interest
> BruceS
> 
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No real anser, but...
have you noticed that MouseMove is not raised in GTK for a text control
(in my case a combobox) unless the cursor is already over part of the
text?
b