Julius Luukko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote wisely:
> Hello Austin and all,
>
> I don't think that synthetizing key presses is the way to go. You can
> get a similar effect as is in the device lock screen by setting your
> GTK_ENTRY's editable property to FALSE:
>
> myentry=gtk_entry_new();
> gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(myentry), FALSE);
>
> Then use gtk_editable_set_text, gtk_editable_insert_text etc. to set
> to text in your text box according to your button presses.
Thanks Julius. This does work almost similarly to the device lock
screen. However, it is not identical in that if the GtkEntry has
visibility=false (i.e. it's a password box like the device lock
dialog), then when you use gtk_editable_set_text or
gtk_editable_insert_text, asterisks are directly inserted. The
device lock box shows the inserted text briefly before turning
into an asterisk (which I find pretty helpful to know whether you
actually hit the button you wanted to hit). That's why I asked
about synthesizing key presses as that's what it looks like the
device lock screen is doing.
In any case, this is a minor issue so I don't think I'll worry
about it. I mainly didn't want the virtual keyboard coming up and
squishing my window and that problem seems to be solved. Thanks.
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