Focus on combobox

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Please try to run this sample using the manifest file on Vista or newer Windows versions:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oDlg

    LOCAL cItem := ""

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg

    @ 1, 1 COMBOBOX cItem

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             CENTER

    RETURN NIL

I noticed that if you run the program using double click you cannot see the dotted rectangle on the combobox while you can if the program is started using Enter key. Why? Any solutions? With the current behavior It's difficult for the user to know where is the focus.

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

I don't know where such different behavior comes from. Maybe the enter key becomes an event for the dialog itself ?

Anyhow, in the meantime, here you have a workaround:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oDlg, oCbx

    LOCAL cItem := ""

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg

    @ 1, 1 COMBOBOX oCbx VAR cItem

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             CENTER ;
             ON INIT oCbx:PostMsg( WM_KEYDOWN, VK_TAB )

    RETURN NIL

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Thank you, Antonio! I will try it later but I think that doing so the focus will move on the next control, or am I wrong?

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Yes, in the case that the combo is the first control in the dialog

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

So this is not a proper workaround.

A sample:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oDlg

    LOCAL cItem := ""
    LOCAL cVar  := SPACE( 30 )

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg

    @ 1, 1 COMBOBOX cItem

    @ 3, 1 GET cVar

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             ON INIT oDlg:aControls[ 1 ]:PostMsg( WM_KEYDOWN, VK_TAB );
             CENTER

    RETURN NIL

Any better suggestions?

EMG

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

And please, keep in mind that we cannot change each dialog of a big application...

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

This seems to work fine:

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   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             ON INIT oDlg:PostMsg( WM_KEYDOWN, VK_TAB ) ;
             CENTER

Lets find a way to solve it and then we may look for a generic solution for all dialogs

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Thank you, Master!

EMG