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Re: ? Keyboard events in idl 4.0.1 ? [message #14173 is a reply to message #14082] Mon, 25 January 1999 00:00 Go to previous message
David Foster is currently offline  David Foster
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Registered: January 1996
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Peter Cornelius wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to use the keyboard arrow keys to move around my cursor
> on a draw widget (actually, to change its position variable's values)
> since it's more convenient this way than fiddling about with a shaky
> hand :-)
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter.

Peter -

You should get in touch with JD Smith, as he has done some very
clever trickery to get around this problem.

Dave


Here's the text of a recent submission by JD:

But I suppose I should add that not *all* attempts at widget trickery
fail. One of the trickiest widget manipulations I've come up with is
the hotkey widget, which allows textual events to be processed on draw
(or other) widgets, by hiding a text widget behind it (see posts from
last year). I use this technique in almost all of my widget
applications. So, by all means, keep pushing the limits.

Just don't be surprised if the limits snap.

JD
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>
> ---
> Peter Cornelius <pc***NOSPAM***@inr.fzk.de>

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