PMW widget - skip tabbing to it

[jp]

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

[kyosohma]

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next
widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

[kyosohma]

On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next
widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

[jp]

On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next
widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

Isn't there just a simple configuration option to disable the tab
key? Like the takfocus option with Tkinter widgets?

[jp]

On Mar 26, 11:27 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next

# widget of interest. Something like that should work.

>

Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

I've tried using the takefocus option set to 0 and 1 but either way,
the tab key still stops at my EntryField. Below is my snippet of
code. What am I doing wrong?

entry=Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'w',
value = "",
label_text =
'Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
#entry.component('entry').takefocus = 1
entry.component('entry').takefocus = 0

[kyosohma]

On Mar 26, 11:35 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

On Mar 26, 11:27 am, [e-mail] wrote:On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next

# widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

I've tried using the takefocus option set to 0 and 1 but either way,
the tab key still stops at my EntryField. Below is my snippet of
code. What am I doing wrong?

entry=Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'w',
value = "",
label_text =
'Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
#entry.component('entry').takefocus = 1
entry.component('entry').takefocus = 0

According to the Tkinter book, setting takefocus to 0 (false) should
work. Are you putting th EntryField into a Grid? If so, that might be
the problem. I suppose the grid may override its children's settings.

I've never messed too much with skipping widgets in the tab order. You
could pack the PMW widgets last so that they won't get tabbed to until
the end.

There's also tk_focusNext & tk_focusPrev. See the following post for
more info and ideas:

http://www.dbforums.com/archive/inde...t-1377788.html

Mike

[jp]

On Mar 26, 12:34 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 11:35 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

On Mar 26, 11:27 am, [e-mail] wrote:On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next

# widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

I've tried using the takefocus option set to 0 and 1 but either way,
the tab key still stops at my EntryField. Below is my snippet of
code. What am I doing wrong?

entry=Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'w',
value = "",
label_text =
'Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
#entry.component('entry').takefocus = 1
entry.component('entry').takefocus = 0

According to the Tkinter book, setting takefocus to 0 (false) should
work. Are you putting th EntryField into a Grid? If so, that might be
the problem. I suppose the grid may override its children's settings.

I've never messed too much with skipping widgets in the tab order. You
could pack the PMW widgets last so that they won't get tabbed to until
the end.

There's also tk_focusNext & tk_focusPrev. See the following post for
more info and ideas:

http://www.dbforums.com/archive/inde...t-1377788.html

Mike

I am using a grid, but even using pack() the takefocus=0 doesn't
work. The tab key still moves to my EntryField.
I'll look into the focusNext and focusPrev that you suggested. Thanks!

[kyosohma]

On Mar 26, 1:17 pm, "jp" <[e-mail]:

On Mar 26, 12:34 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 11:35 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

On Mar 26, 11:27 am, [e-mail] wrote:On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

Thank you,
John

I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next

# widget of interest. Something like that should work.

Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

I've tried using the takefocus option set to 0 and 1 but either way,
the tab key still stops at my EntryField. Below is my snippet of
code. What am I doing wrong?

entry=Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'w',
value = "",
label_text =
'Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
#entry.component('entry').takefocus = 1
entry.component('entry').takefocus = 0

According to the Tkinter book, setting takefocus to 0 (false) should
work. Are you putting th EntryField into a Grid? If so, that might be
the problem. I suppose the grid may override its children's settings.

I've never messed too much with skipping widgets in the tab order. You
could pack the PMW widgets last so that they won't get tabbed to until
the end.

There's also tk_focusNext & tk_focusPrev. See the following post for
more info and ideas:

http://www.dbforums.com/archive/inde...t-1377788.html

Mike

I am using a grid, but even using pack() the takefocus=0 doesn't
work. The tab key still moves to my EntryField.
I'll look into the focusNext and focusPrev that you suggested. Thanks!

Oops. Sorry. When I said grid, I was thinking that Tkinter had a grid
widget. I had forgotten they called one of there sizer/place
management options "grid". Sorry about that. I use wxPython as much as
possible.

Mike

[James Stroud]

jp wrote:

On Mar 26, 11:27 am, [e-mail] wrote:

>>On Mar 26, 11:17 am, [e-mail] wrote:

>>>On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:

>>>>I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?

>>>>Thank you,
John

>>>I would probably write some custom event handling. Something that
could tell it was a key-press event and not just an on-focus event.
Then it would be a simple, if key-press == tab, put focus on next

# widget of interest. Something like that should work.

>>>Mike

I looked in my Tkinter book, and it says that if the widget has the
"takefocus" option set to true, the widget is placed in the tab group
and will get focus when they are tabbed to. I assume that this means
if you set the PMW widgets' "takefocus" option to false, they will be
skipped over since they won't be in the tab group.

Mike

I've tried using the takefocus option set to 0 and 1 but either way,
the tab key still stops at my EntryField. Below is my snippet of
code. What am I doing wrong?

entry=Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'w',
value = "",
label_text =
'Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
#entry.component('entry').takefocus = 1
entry.component('entry').takefocus = 0

Are you sure you don't mean:

entry.component('entry')['takefocus'] = 0

which is equivalent to

entry.component('entry').config(takefocus=0)

James

[John McMonagle]

jp wrote:

>>On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:
I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?
Thank you,
John

What version of Pmw are you using ? Tabbing between widgets works fine
on my system (Pmw 1.2, tk 8.4, KDE)

I can change the focus behaviour by using the takefocus option. You
were on the right track, you just did it wrong (see code below):

################################################## ######################
from Tkinter import *
import Pmw

root = Tk()
entry = Pmw.EntryField(root, labelpos=W, value="", label_text='Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
entry.component('entry').configure(takefocus=0)

Button(root,text='test1').grid(row=2)
Button(root,text='test2').grid(row=3)
Button(root,text='test3').grid(row=4)

root.mainloop()
################################################## #######################

Regards,

John

[jp]

On Mar 26, 5:41 pm, John McMonagle <[e-mail]:

jp wrote:

>On Mar 26, 10:51 am, "jp" <[e-mail]:
I have multiple PMW widgets (EntryFields, ScrolledField etc), how can
I skip over these widgets when using the tab key?
Thank you,
John

What version of Pmw are you using ? Tabbing between widgets works fine
on my system (Pmw 1.2, tk 8.4, KDE)

I can change the focus behaviour by using the takefocus option. You
were on the right track, you just did it wrong (see code below):

################################################## ######################
from Tkinter import *
import Pmw

root = Tk()
entry = Pmw.EntryField(root, labelpos=W, value="", label_text='Name:')
entry.grid(row=1)
entry.component('entry').configure(takefocus=0)

Button(root,text='test1').grid(row=2)
Button(root,text='test2').grid(row=3)
Button(root,text='test3').grid(row=4)

root.mainloop()
################################################## #######################

Regards,

John

Thank you for pointing out my error, John and James. I had the syntax
of the command messed up. Using the following does cause the field to
be skipped when tabbing:
entry.component('entry').configure(takefocus=0)

John