[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: keyboard events with WIDGET_DRAW



David Mattes (dmattes@u.washington.edu) writes:

> does anyone know how to capture keyboard events when a draw widget has
> focus???  i'd like to be able to use keypresses as shortcuts when someone
> is using the mouse inside the draw widget.

This is not the sort of thing that can usually be done
with widgets. However, J.D. Smith came up with a clever
hack that works surprisingly well. I wrote an article
about it that you can find here:

   http://www.dfanning.com/tips/keyboard_events.html

Cheers,

David
-- 
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155