On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:52:30 +0200 Michael Lange <klappn...@web.de> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <l...@qtrac.plus.com> > unto us on Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:03:55 +0100: > > > Below is an example. If I do > > > > $ python3 hello.pyw > > > > and then type Alt+F, the File menu does _not_ pop up. If I then type > > Alt+F a second (or subsequent) time it does. > > > > It seems that Tkinter is ignoring the *very first keypress*. If I press > > any key (e.g., Space, or x) and _then_ Alt+F, the File menu pops up as > > it should. > > I cannot reproduce this behavior, here (debian squeeze) the example works > as expected, so the problem appears to be platform specific. > Does this happen with "normal" bindings created through bind(), too > (which might point to some window manager issue) or with menu shortcuts > only (which might point to the tk magic that handles these behind the > scenes), and what is the exact platform ?
I'm using Debian stable. I now don't think it is a Tk problem but rather that my window manager (GNOME 2) is for some reason discarding the first keypress. -- Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy "Advanced Qt Programming" - ISBN 0321635906 http://www.qtrac.eu/aqpbook.html _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss