FIXED!!!!!! I hope the moderator leaves this on the forum: It was not Google-able ... just in case someone else pulls a bone-head move like I did.
This code was working as a key event handler: static int key_pressed3(GtkWidget* w, GdkEventKey* event, gpointer data) { if (event->keyval == 65293) actionOptions(w, data); return true; } ... later ... in the signal area: gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(dialog), "key_press_event", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(key_pressed3), dialog); It turns out that this is either not needed, depreciated, or just plain wrong. I'm sure that I "borrowed" this from someone 4 years ago. Some things definitely changed with GTK over the last 4 years. Commenting out the signal_connect line restored my keyboard keypress events for all of my gtk_entry textboxes. It would still be cool if someone vastly more knowledgable than me could add a note to this thread explaining why this code worked 4 years ago, what it did 4 years ago, and why it doesn't work now. Later - Luke crazyluke wrote: > > I developed a GTK+ app about 4 years ago that worked well. It was probably > built under GTK ~2.4 or 2.6. I just setup the latest version of Dev-Cpp > compiler with GTK 2.10. I recompiled the old source files. Everything > works fine except for one MAJOR thing: All of the gtk_entry textbox > widgets will not take characters entered via keyboard. Here is the > behavior: > > -- You can click in gtk_entry boxes and get a flashing insertion carat in > any of them > -- You can use the mouse to highlight 'gtk_entry_set_text' text in the > boxes or part of the text that is set into a field > -- You can drag-and-drop text with the mouse field-to-field -- and any > changed values are pulled later (e.g., a box has a '1' in it; you > drag-and-drop a '0' out of another field to that field, a '10' comes back > when the field is checked with a 'gtk_entry_get_text' > -- gtk_entry_set_editable (discontinued) and gtk_editable_set_editable > have no affect (true or false) > -- Fields seem to respond normally to other settings (e.g., they can be > enabled/disabled, made invisible/visible, etc.) > -- Other widgets in the window work perfectly: checkboxes, radiobuttons, > regular buttons > > Everything about these fields is normal, except that no characters appear > when pressing any keys on the keyboard. > > The field setup is pretty straightforward: > > GtkWidget *CreateTextEntry(const char *s) { > GtkWidget *w = gtk_entry_new(); > gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(w), s); > //gtk_entry_set_editable(GTK_ENTRY(w), TRUE); //discontinued > gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(w), TRUE); > return w; > } > > Am I missing some sort of new gtk_entry signal/keyboard hookup? > > Is there something wrong with my old code for this window's events that > would let everything else work but not keyboard entries? > > gtk_widget_show_all(dialog); > gtk_main(); > gtk_widget_destroy(dialog); > while (gtk_events_pending()) gtk_main_iteration(); > return gGTKAnswer; > > Or, is this going to be some sort of library/dll/compiler settings issue? > > I'm STUCK! > > Luke > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-needs-help%3A-gtk_entry%27s-stopped-accepting-key-stroke-entires-tf3708587.html#a10380489 Sent from the Gtk+ - Dev - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list