[squeak-dev] Morphic focus

How can I make focus start in a given text field?
I thought sending wantsKeyboardFocus to a TextFieldMorph would do it,  
but that didn't work.

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Mark Volkmann

With Polymorph loaded, send #takeKeyboardFocus to the morph.
Without do
    ActiveHand newkeyboardFocus: yourMorph

The preference #mouseOverForKeyboardFocus should be off for this to stick,
of course ;-)

Regards, Gary.

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On Oct 28, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Gary Chambers wrote:

> With Polymorph loaded, send #takeKeyboardFocus to the morph.
> Without do
>   ActiveHand newkeyboardFocus: yourMorph

Hmm ... I tried this and it didn't work. My code opens a window that  
displays two labels, two text fields and a button. When I click the  
title bar of the window, no morph inside it gets focus until I click a  
morph. I tried "ActiveHand newKeyboardFocus: myTextField" both before  
and after I open the window.

> The preference #mouseOverForKeyboardFocus should be off for this to  
> stick, of course ;-)

I don't have mouseClickForKeyboardFocus or mouseOverForKeyboardFocus  
enabled.

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Mark Volkmann

If using Polymorph with controls in a window then either you need to set the
focus after the window is activated or, if subclassing DialogWindow,
override either #defaultButton or #defaultFocusMorph.

Otherwise, try sending #rememberKeyboardFocus:  with your morph prior to
opening/activating the window.

Focus handling was virtually non-existent in Morphic. Polymorph tries to
help while maintaining some backwards compatability. Sorry it is somewhat
awkward!

Regards, Gary.

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