> To make the scrollbars "grab" these key presses no matter where the > input focus is I believe Intrinsic accelerators should be used, e.g. > > GXditview.*.viewport.vertical.accelerators: #override \ > <Key>1: StartScroll(Forward) NotifyScroll(Proportional) EndScroll()\n\ > <Key>2: StartScroll(Backward) NotifyScroll(Proportional) EndScroll() > > but the application must "install" accelerators, e.g. > XtInstallAccelerators(), to link a possible source hierarchy of the > event with the destination widget that should handle them. I don't > think the Athena Paned widget does this automatically, but could be > wrong.
Any expert here who could provide a patch? I don't have any knowledge on X11 programming (and no time to learn it). :-( Werner