1. Tab Key question and Win32lib
Hi,
I want to trap the tab key, VK_TAB, in onKeyPress[window] but it doesn't
seem to be triggering. Does Windows or win32lib intercept the tab key
when the control is a window before it gets to my routine?
Thanks,
Judith
2. Re: Tab Key question and Win32lib
Judith,
the standard is to trap the TAB kay and not pass it on to the keypress
handler.
There is a trick you can use though. It will mean that you will ahve to do
your own tab processing though.
If you do this ...
VOID = setTabCodes(0)
then no key will cause tabbing between the controls - plus the TAB key gets
passed through to the keypress handler.
Alternatively, you could do ...
VOID = setTabCodes(VK_F8)
to make the F8 key become the new tabbing key.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith" <camping at txcyber.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: Tab Key question and Win32lib
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to trap the tab key, VK_TAB, in onKeyPress[window] but it doesn't
> seem to be triggering. Does Windows or win32lib intercept the tab key
> when the control is a window before it gets to my routine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Judith
>
>
>
>
>
>
3. Re: Tab Key question and Win32lib
>I want to trap the tab key, VK_TAB, in onKeyPress[window] but it doesn't
>seem to be triggering. Does Windows or win32lib intercept the tab key
>when the control is a window before it gets to my routine?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Judith
I wanted to do this once, and posted to the list asking about it, but got no
reply. So here's what I resolved to do.
Create an mle text and position it just outside the window, so it is not
visible (preferably to the top or left). When the window recieves focus,
set the focus to the mle text. Then recieve key events from the mle text
box. Mle text boxes don't intercept the tab key when pressed, so you can
detect when tab is pressed.
hope that helps,
Daryl van den Bink
