Thanks worlds for this clue. I think it started me on a whole whirlwind
of research topics beyond the basic issue we are discussing!
--Chuck
>----------
>From: Rick Macdonald[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:04 AM
>To: Bermingham Charles E
>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: Re: Forwarded: All that keyboard stuff
>
>Bermingham Charles E wrote:
>>
>> Do the different Tk widgets have different keyboard behaviors? In other
>> words, do the tk widget developers have a lot of control regarding the
>> keyboard's behavior, or is there some standard interface?
>
>Look at the man page or doc for any widget, such as the listbox, and
>there's a section called "Default Bindings" that gives the keyboard
>behaviour.
>
>You can override the defaults with the "bind" command (see doc).
>
>> It seems to
>> me that Tk itself may have some weird keyboard behavior. For instance,
>> tabbing through the buttons on a window will get you to the button you
>> want, but you must press <space> to press the button. In Windows,
>> <Enter> accomplishes the same thing. Could someone give me a clue how I
>> would fix this? It would really help me get going on this.
>
>If you look at the file "button.tcl" in the "library" directory of the
>tk code, you'll find the default bindings for the button class:
>
>bind Button <space> {
> tkButtonInvoke %W
>}
>
>So, you can add the Return key to _all_ buttons with this in your code:
>
>bind Button <Return> {
> tkButtonInvoke %W
>}
>
>Or, for just one particular button:
>
>bind .b <Return> {
> tkButtonInvoke %W
>}
>
>Here is a little test program:
>
>button .b -command {puts "OK"}
>pack .b
>focus .b
>bind Button <Return> {
> tkButtonInvoke %W
>}
>
>The focus is there to make the button receive the keystrokes. Or, you
>can press the TAB key to do the same thing.
>
>--
>...RickM...
>
