-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Nečas (Yeti) wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:41:10AM +1100, Justin Clift wrote: >> Though, the more I think about this, I'm kind of surprised there isn't >> some kind of gtk-wide configurable exception list of key's that are >> passed through. Just for apps that really do need those keystrokes! > > As Tristan explained, having such a list in Gtk+ would be of > no avail. When some window grabs the keyboard, it > essentially tells the X server `send all keyboard events to > me'. If the window has already received the keyboard event, > it cannot tell `hey, I do not want this one, take it back > and process as if no grab existed'.
Thanks Yeti. :) Just started reading up on keyboard "grabbing", and am now starting to clue in regarding it's operation. Will need to think on this more... Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Yeti <snip> - -- The Flame Project - Open Source GUI for animated SVG & Flash http://www.flameproject.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF23PgFAuZn5lS2IMRAshQAKC1F9ba2d5jc0BNgC9AtacKlW+ELwCeI/Ht nbkriKcH/m8AB8SoWY+nTeM= =9GCv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
