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[solved] Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:53 pm
by Julian
I'm sure there's a simple solution. How do I enable the blue highlighting of buttons (focus) when pressing tab, as happens with other mac apps including the PB editor?
It just works in windows, so I'm a bit confused.
Thanks
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OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 100, 100, "Test")
ButtonGadget(0, 0, 0, 100, 30, "Test1")
ButtonGadget(1, 0, 35, 100, 30, "Test2")
Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:56 am
by wilbert
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:28 pm
by Julian
Thanks Wilbert, but there's nothing in that post that turns this feature on. It would seem the the feature shows when a StringGadget (or list) is selected, the tab shows then and cycles through the controls, but it doesnt work when the window is opened and nothing is clicked.
Any ideas?
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:40 pm
by wilbert
Sorry, I misread your question; thought you were asking how to set the default button (which makes it blue).
From what I read online, a NSButton normally can't have keyboard focus. Maybe some sort of accessibility option can enable it
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:56 pm
by Julian
Hmm odd, purebasic does it on the debug window when you run a program and click the title of the debug window, the "Copy all" button is already selected with a blue border.
Thanks thought, I'll keep looking.
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:58 pm
by Shardik
The solution is very easy and doesn't require any API. You only need to use
and voilà: your button displays the wanted blue border and you may change the focus by using the <Tab> key...
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OpenWindow(0, 270, 100, 200, 145, "Highlighted button")
ButtonGadget(0, 40, 20, 120, 25, "Test 1")
ButtonGadget(1, 40, 60, 120, 25, "Test 2")
ButtonGadget(2, 40, 100, 120, 25, "Test 3")
SetActiveGadget(0)
Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
Re: Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:10 pm
by Julian
Ha! So simple I overlooked it, thanks Shardik
Re: [solved] Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:51 pm
by doctorized
Some windows apps, not writen in PB, gives you the opportunity to write something in a textbox, the active button remains active while typing and by pressing keyboard Enter the button is pressed and does the job it should do. Is there a way to achieve it?
Re: [solved] Button focus or lack of it
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:21 pm
by mk-soft
Update...
Is better to add and remove shortcut key
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Enumeration formMenu
#Menu_Return
EndEnumeration
OpenWindow(0, 270, 100, 200, 145, "Highlighted button")
ButtonGadget(0, 40, 20, 120, 25, "Ok", #PB_Button_Default)
ButtonGadget(1, 40, 60, 120, 25, "Cancel")
StringGadget(2, 40, 100, 120, 25, "Text")
SetActiveGadget(0)
; AddKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_Return, #Menu_Return)
Repeat
Select WaitWindowEvent()
Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
Break
Case #PB_Event_Menu
Select EventMenu()
Case #Menu_Return
;Debug GetGadgetText(2)
PostEvent(#PB_Event_Gadget, 0, 0, #PB_EventType_LeftClick)
EndSelect
Case #PB_Event_Gadget
Select EventGadget()
Case 0
Debug "Button Ok - " + GetGadgetText(2)
Case 1
Debug "Button Cancel"
Case 2
If EventType() = #PB_EventType_Focus
AddKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_Return, #Menu_Return)
ElseIf EventType() = #PB_EventType_LostFocus
RemoveKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_Return)
EndIf
EndSelect
EndSelect
ForEver