On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:44:44 +0100 Claude Heiland-Allen <cla...@mathr.co.uk> wrote:
> Perhaps it's a terminology confusion: in GTK, "activate" for an entry > means "pressing return key". This program works fine for me, pressing > return prints the text I entered in the box: > > ----8<---- > import Graphics.UI.Gtk > > main :: IO () > main = do > initGUI > window <- windowNew > entry <- entryNew > set window [ containerBorderWidth := 10, containerChild := entry ] > entry `on` entryActivate $ putStrLn =<< entryGetText entry > onDestroy window mainQuit > widgetShowAll window > mainGUI > ----8<---- yes that's part of the problem - I thought that tabbing through the fields should be an "activate" event. still I had some other problem, and I'm not sure what it was. however thanks to your example I now have the dialog working as it should. thanks very much ! Brian _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
