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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Keyboard input while in string gadgets
Message-ID: <6107@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 90 20:59:05 GMT
References: <94@incstar.uucp>
Reply-To: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <94@incstar.uucp> lhotka@incstar.uucp (Glamdring) writes:
)Is there any way to get keystrokes (function keys in particular) while in a
)string gadget?  It appears that Intuition grabs all the input while a
)string gadget is active, but I'd like to allow keyboard shortcuts and such
)during this time...

Under V2.0 it's fully supported.  Under V1.3 you have to hack.  One
way is to install an input handler, but there are some edge cases.
Some people use menu shortcuts, which are passed through (a bug), but
this does not work in V2.0.

	jimm
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