Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus The Complete Guide

2017-05-23 Thread Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus
On Tue, 23 May 2017, Salvatore Coppola via Lazarus wrote: Hi to all the authors, is in program a new edition of the guide? Yes, but no date is set. Michael. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/li

Re: [Lazarus] Use rare Win32 API in LCLIntf.SetForegroundWindow

2017-05-23 Thread Alexey via Lazarus
On 23.05.2017 20:43, Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus wrote: What are the equivalents for Qt, Qt5, Gtk2, Carbon, Cocoa? I meaned - to use in _inside_ LCLIntf.SetForegrondWindow, not making new LCL func. -- Regards, Alexey -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Laz

Re: [Lazarus] Use rare Win32 API in LCLIntf.SetForegroundWindow

2017-05-23 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus
On 2017-05-23 18:43, Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus wrote: What are the equivalents for Qt, Qt5, Gtk2, Carbon, Cocoa? For anything running under X11 I have never had a problem with XRaiseWindow(xapplication.display, FWinHandle); So Qt and GTK could you that, if they aren't already. Regards,

Re: [Lazarus] Use rare Win32 API in LCLIntf.SetForegroundWindow

2017-05-23 Thread Ondrej Pokorny via Lazarus
On 23.05.2017 19:38, Alexey via Lazarus wrote: What do you think about using this rare API [beginning from WinXP] in LCLIntf fnction? It will make LCL function work more stable: window will always go to foreground. I used it in CudaText. It works. https://github.com/Alexey-T/CudaText/blob/mast

[Lazarus] Use rare Win32 API in LCLIntf.SetForegroundWindow

2017-05-23 Thread Alexey via Lazarus
What do you think about using this rare API [beginning from WinXP] in LCLIntf fnction? It will make LCL function work more stable: window will always go to foreground. I used it in CudaText. It works. https://github.com/Alexey-T/CudaText/blob/master/app/fix_focus_window.pas -- Regards, Alexey

[Lazarus] Lazarus The Complete Guide

2017-05-23 Thread Salvatore Coppola via Lazarus
Hi to all the authors, is in program a new edition of the guide? -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] Order of events: TEdit / TListBox

2017-05-23 Thread kapibara via Lazarus
Thanks, https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31900 Please open an issue about it and I'll take a look on it. zeljko -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus

Re: [Lazarus] Order of events: TEdit / TListBox

2017-05-23 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus
On 2017-05-23 14:27, kapibara via Lazarus wrote: So the behaviour is inconsistent between platforms, and also inconsistent within the same control (TListBox) depending on what item is selected. I believe I have reported that back in 2006 already. If not the same component, then one of the list

Re: [Lazarus] Order of events: TEdit / TListBox

2017-05-23 Thread zeljko via Lazarus
On 05/23/2017 03:27 PM, kapibara via Lazarus wrote: On 05/23/2017 09:18 AM, zeljko wrote: It's normal. If you click onto listbox (OnMouseDown of listbox triggers), TEdit looses focus and triggers OnExit() Thanks for the reply. Yes, on Windows, Lazarus and Delphi 7 behave the same. Except tha

Re: [Lazarus] Order of events: TEdit / TListBox

2017-05-23 Thread kapibara via Lazarus
On 05/23/2017 09:18 AM, zeljko wrote: It's normal. If you click onto listbox (OnMouseDown of listbox triggers), TEdit looses focus and triggers OnExit() Thanks for the reply. Yes, on Windows, Lazarus and Delphi 7 behave the same. Except that Delphi 7 doesn't have the ListBox.SelectionChange

[Lazarus] Show value hints while debugging fills screen - patch

2017-05-23 Thread Russ via Lazarus
I find debugging value hints (TurboPowerIProDsgn installed, "Show value hints while debugging") useful but annoying when the hint becomes so big it covers the variable being checked or even fills the screen; on single monitor systems the only way to close the hint is to scroll down to the varia

Re: [Lazarus] Order of events: TEdit / TListBox

2017-05-23 Thread zeljko via Lazarus
On 05/23/2017 04:15 AM, kapibara via Lazarus wrote: Some more findings. Under Windows, the Edit.Exit event fires before both SelectionChange and OnClick no matter what item you select. It's normal. If you click onto listbox (OnMouseDown of listbox triggers), TEdit looses focus and triggers OnE