[wxruby-users] Focus on TextCtrl

[Alex Fenton]

Hi

Anton Komarov wrote:
> If I create a window containing two TextCtrl widgets, enter text in
> one, and press the tab key, focus should move to the other one. That
> doesn't happen automatically. Is there some configuration I have to do
> to make that happen?
Arrange the TextCtrl widgets within a Wx::Panel, and then tabbing should 
work automatically. Panel organises a group of widgets so that the 
operating system knows which to tab between. For example:

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require 'wx'

Wx::App.run do
  frame = Wx::Frame.new(nil, :title => 'text tab')
  panel = Wx::Panel.new(frame)
  txt1  = Wx::TextCtrl.new(panel, :pos => [ 10, 10 ])
  txt2  = Wx::TextCtrl.new(panel, :pos => [ 10, 50 ])
  frame.show
end

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Using Wx::Panel is also recommended because it ensures the frame has the 
right background colour, esp on Windows.

alex