I would encourage to continue this discussion in the focus delegation thread, not in the prioritized event handlers thread.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 8:13 PM Nir Lisker <nlis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd like to understand the focus and event handling problem better. If I have > a focused TextField, all key events go to it. If I have a Spinner, which is a > TextField with 2 Buttons, it is focused as a single unit and consumes key > events whether they are aimed at the text field or the buttons (I assume the > buttons handle arrow up/down keys?). If I have a ClolorPicker, it is not > focused as a single unit - it has sliders, buttons, text fields and other > things, which can be focused individually. > > What I'm trying to find out is what is "the primitive" in the focus/event > handling plan. A TextField and a Spinner are treated as primitives, but a > ColorPicker and a DatePicker are not. Where does the line pass? If I'm a > controls author, can I create a Spinner that allows focusing/event-handling > the text field and the buttons separately, like ColorPicker allows? In this > case, Spinner is not a "primitive" control. >
