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From: Link_-_APO@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Setting keyboard focus
Message-ID: <39956@cup.portal.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 19:40:36 GMT
References: <1991Mar7.124545@MAX7.llnl.gov>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>Here's the poop -

>I've got a few XmText widgets sitting in an XmForm.  My basic goal
>is to re-write the tab grouping mechanism so that I can do my
>own validation before moving onto another XmText widget. (i.e. when
>I press Tab, I want to check the contents of the XmText, if it's
>ok then I'll move on; otherwise I stay where I am and do some sort
>of error handling).

>Currently, I'm using XtSetKeyboardFocus(), but I wind up with TWO text fields
>with cursors.  I guess one of my problems is that I can't force one
>of the widgets to "give up" input focus.

>Any hints out there?  Thanks much!
>rich mayfield

Hi Rich,

You didn't say what your arguments were to XtSetKeyboardFocus().
Try using something like:
    XtSetKeyboardFocus( root_widget, text_widget ) ;
or
   XtSetKeyboardFocus( form_widget, text_widget ) ;

Good Luck!
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