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List:       gtk-app-devel
Subject:    Re: key press in drawing area
From:       "K. M. Hawarden-Ogata" <hawarden () duke ! ifa ! hawaii ! edu>
Date:       1999-07-08 20:31:07
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> >Drawing areas won't become the focus widget by default. I think you will
> >probably need to set the GTK_CAN_FOCUS flag:
> >
> >GTK_WIDGET_SET_FLAGS(widget, GTK_CAN_FOCUS);
> >
> >Then you'll want to set the GTK_HAS_FOCUS flag when you get a
> >focus_in_event and unset it when you get focus_out_event. 
> >
> >Finally, you might want to gtk_widget_grab_focus() when the user clicks
> >the mouse on the drawing area. Users can also move the focus to your
> >drawing area with the arrow keys or Tab.
> >

Did all this and my drawing_area is receiving key press events. Thanks!
But, I am using the arrow key to position something in my drawing
area. The arrow keys moves the focus to the next widget. How can I prevent
this?

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