RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog
If you read the MapBasic Help file: The Active keyword applies only to EditText controls You'll notice that the Active keyword only works for EditText controls. I have spent quite a few hours wondering why my dialog wasn't working as designed. You might wonder why the Active keyword doesn't work on other controls. Any ideas ? Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical Information IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis "For enden af regnbuen..." - hvordan kommer man dertil og er det overhovedet muligt?Læs mere om årets MapInfo konference på www.cowi.dk/mapinfokonference From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg GoodallSent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:21 PMTo: 'Jacques Paris'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog Theres all sorts of hidden rules in MapBasic and more importantly the MapBasic documentation. I added another EditText control to the dialog BEFORE my PopupMenu but made it hidden. Control EditText Hide As it turns out, that hidden control received the focus. Go Figure. In essence the dialog displays and it appears that No control at all has the focus. However, when I hit the tab key the focus goes to the next control which is my PopupMenu. This is a better scenario, but not completely what I want. From: Jacques Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:42 PMTo: 'Greg Goodall'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog There seems to be some hidden rules in that control focus setting. Popup menu does not seem to able to be set as default control, the one that should be active at dialog opening. But it is not the only case I have met; I have been unable to set the OkButton or any button as default focus. What could be that hidden rule? Jacques Paris -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg GoodallSent: 21 août 2006 13:31To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays. Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control. I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead. The Controls are defined in the following order StaticText PopupMenu EditText So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below. Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog
Spencer, This worked well. Sometimes rigging the application is the only way to go. You'd think MB would allow you to set the focus on any control you wanted with the active keywrd. -Original Message- From: Spencer Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:24 PM To: 'Greg Goodall'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog If your dialog has even one EditText control that is enabled, MapInfo will select one of those to be the active control. You have no choice. However, it's possible to work around this limitation by specifying all of the EditText controls with Disable. In that case, the first of the non-disabled controls in the dialog will be the active one. If you want an EditText to be enabled when the dialog appears, you can enable it in the dialog handler; this will not affect which control is active (that is, unless you use the Active clause of Alter Control). In the following code, the RadioGroup will be the active control, since it is the first control that appears in the dialog which is active by default. Notice the position clauses, which make the radio group appear further down in the dialog. ' compiled with MB8.5 / run with MI 8.5 declare sub main declare sub setupdlg sub main dialog title Test calling setupdlg control StaticText title Edit: position 4, 6 control EditText value edit text ID 1 disable position 30, 4 control StaticText title Radio: position 4, 38 control RadioGRoup title first option;second option;third option position 30, 36 control StaticText title Popup: position 4, 22 control PopupMenu title first option;second option;third option position 30, 20 control OKButton title OK control CancelButton title Done end sub sub setupdlg alter control 1 enable end sub From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:31 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays. Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control. I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead. The Controls are defined in the following order StaticText PopupMenu EditText So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below. Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog
There seems to be some hidden rules in that control focus setting. Popup menu does not seem to able to be set as default control, the one that should be active at dialog opening. But it is not the only case I have met; I have been unable to set the OkButton or any button as default focus. What could be that hidden rule? Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: 21 août 2006 13:31 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays. Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control. I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead. The Controls are defined in the following order StaticText PopupMenu EditText So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below. Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog
If your dialog has even one EditText control that is enabled, MapInfo will select one of those to be the active control. You have no choice. However, it's possible to work around this limitation by specifying all of the EditText controls with Disable. In that case, the first of the non-disabled controls in the dialog will be the active one. If you want an EditText to be enabled when the dialog appears, you can enable it in the dialog handler; this will not affect which control is active (that is, unless you use the Active clause of Alter Control). In the following code, the RadioGroup will be the active control, since it is the first control that appears in the dialog which is active by default. Notice the position clauses, which make the radio group appear further down in the dialog. ' compiled with MB8.5 / run with MI 8.5 declare sub main declare sub setupdlg sub main dialog title Test calling setupdlg control StaticText title Edit: position 4, 6 control EditText value edit text ID 1 disable position 30, 4 control StaticText title Radio: position 4, 38 control RadioGRoup title first option;second option;third option position 30, 36 control StaticText title Popup: position 4, 22 control PopupMenu title first option;second option;third option position 30, 20 control OKButton title OK control CancelButton title Done end sub sub setupdlg alter control 1 enable end sub From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:31 PM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays. Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control. I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead. The Controls are defined in the following order StaticText PopupMenu EditText So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below. Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog
Theres all sorts of hidden rules in MapBasic and more importantly the MapBasic documentation. I added another EditText control to the dialog BEFORE my PopupMenu but made it hidden. Control EditText Hide As it turns out, that hidden control received the focus. Go Figure. In essence the dialog displays and it appears that No control at all has the focus. However, when I hit the tab key the focus goes to the next control which is my PopupMenu. This is a better scenario, but not completely what I want. From: Jacques Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:42 PM To: 'Greg Goodall'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog There seems to be some hidden rules in that control focus setting. Popup menu does not seem to able to be set as default control, the one that should be active at dialog opening. But it is not the only case I have met; I have been unable to set the OkButton or any button as default focus. What could be that hidden rule? Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: 21 août 2006 13:31 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays. Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control. I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead. The Controls are defined in the following order StaticText PopupMenu EditText So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below. Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
