[Gambas-user] is it possible to non-virtualize Key.class

[BB]

On 24/3/23 11:59 am, Bruce Steers wrote:
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> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 22:42, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bsteers4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Thu, 23 Mar 2023, 22:08 Benoit Minisini,
>     <benoit.minisini at gambas-basic.org
>     <mailto:benoit.minisini at gambas-basic.org>> wrote:
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>         Le 23/03/2023 à 21:00, Bruce Steers a écrit :
>         > Could it be possible to non-virtualize Key.class ?
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>         > I tried to make a Key.class and added variables for the
>         properties and a
>         > way to have it either give the usual Key data or the set data.
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>         > The hope was i could set the variables then trigger a
>         KeyPress event of
>         > an object and it could read the fake details.
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>         > But it failed with "no Keyboard event data"
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>         Yes, there is no way to forge fake input events in GUI components.
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>         -- 
>         Benoît Minisini.
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>     That's a shame.
>     Could there be? 😉
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>     I've been doing it differently by importing the whole gb.form.edit
>     source and I copied the View_Keypress method of TextEditor.class
>     and converted it to a MacroKeyPress method that does not use Key
>     properties only constants.
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>     But it got complicated as I need to follow up the super.keypress
>     ladder for all .mode files.
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>     Having a non virtual Key.class overriding properties would be
>     incredibly useful.
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> Hold the phone...
> Actually Copying the KeyPress / OnKeyPress methods and changing to be 
> MacroPress / OnMacroPress methods has worked surprisingly well..
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> downside is i have to have a complete copy of gb.form.editor source so 
> i'll have to update manually if the main updates.
> and the KeyPress/MacroPress and OnKeyPress/OnMacroPress methods are 
> almost identical code except less a few dots (i changed properties 
> like Key.Text into KeyText)
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> upside is I currently have pretty good control of manually faking 
> TextEditor keyboard presses that I previously recorded.
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> :D
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> Overriding Key.class would have been the simplest way.  but i guess my 
> Key.class file does not get checked first like if I have a 
> TextEditor.class file it is looked at before the inherited Super 
> TextEdior.class.
> If my custom Key.class file did that maybe it would/could work? or is 
> it just bad, ie for security n stuff, just a no no?
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> I think there could be other usefulness of being able to manually set 
> the Key.class properties before manually running a method that expects 
> the virtual Key to exist.
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> But hopefully what i'm doing right now will be a much better macro 
> recorder than the x11 version i previously made.
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> Respects
> BruceS
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I haven't followed this very closely and I am a bit unsure as to what 
your goals are.

But could you not use some individual class and set an observer on 
whatever input controls you are trying to trap (or have I missed the 
point completely)?

b

p.s. I have sometimes got a bit over eager myself and tried to 
"genericise" things too much.

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