On IE, it looks like there is no automatic refocus. When I spin the wheel, nothing happens unless I click in the child window I want to scroll.
My wheel-left is set to do the 'Back' function. That function is executed on the most-recently-clicked parent, regardless of where the cursor is. Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Iverson > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:27 PM > To: Beta forum > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] j601tbeta_win.exe > > What do those apps do with keyboard input in the same case. > That is, as > the focus for the wheel moves does the focus for up/down arrow also > move. If so, I think it simply means that mouse move events over the > control do an automatic setfocus. Can you verify if this is or is not > the case? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bill lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] j601tbeta_win.exe > > > > Eric Iverson wrote: > >> 3. wheel events require keyboard focus. This is part of the problem > >> shown by Oleg's example with two grids on form. The tab key can be > >> used > >> to shift focus between the controls and the wheel event is > triggered > >> to > >> the control with keyboard focus. Note that char events such as > >> up/down > >> arrow go to the same grid as the wheel events. The gird > code needs to > >> be > >> updated to do appropriate setfocus and this will be done > for the next > >> beta. > > > > I guess wheel events need not require keyboard focus. Take > a look at > > thunderbird > > or firefox with 2 or more panes. When mouse is over a pane, mouse > > wheel will > > scroll that pane, and when mouse is off that pane, (no need > to mouse > > click to > > select focus), it won't scroll that pane. This have the > advantage of > > being > > intuitive and will not affect keyboard focus. > > > > It may worth a look to see what convection is adopted by other > > applications. > > > > -- > > regards, > > bill > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
