[Geany-Devel] Focus lost when last document closed

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Mon May 27 01:03:55 UTC 2013


On 27 May 2013 07:51, Pallai Roland <pallair at magex.hu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm struggling with an issue: GTK focus lost when last document closed.
>

Can you describe more clearly what the problem you are trying to solve is?
AFAICT Geany retains focus after the last document is closed.

Cheers
Lex



>
> To grab the focus by a plugin (eg. filebrowser) on such case would be an
> easy task, but not right, because the user can open documents from many
> widgets, the focus should return there.
>
> I tried for a while with gtk_container_set_focus_chain() but no luck.
> Maybe my bad, I have no experience with GTK.
>
> Other, simple solution if Geany provides a new API call. eg.:
>  void ui_focus_history_push(GtkWidget *widget);
> and widgets/plugins can call it on focus-out-event, so Geany (or a plugin)
> can restore the focus if there is no better strategy.
>
> Another solution to extend
>  document_open_file(const gchar *locale_filename, gboolean readonly,
> GeanyFiletype *ft, const gchar *forced_enc)
> with "GtkWidget *widget" or introduce a new function like
>  document_open_file_from_widget(const gchar *locale_filename, gboolean
> readonly, GeanyFiletype *ft, const gchar *forced_enc, GtkWidget *widget)
> to store opening widget with the document, but I think this can cause
> weird behavior if the last closed document were opened from a dialog window.
>
> How should I fix it?
>
>
> --
>  Roland Pallai
>
>
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