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From: bschoen@well.sf.ca.us (Brook Schoenfield)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Key events with No Pointer
Summary: How to get events when pointer not in window?
Keywords: Events, Keyboard X Motif Pointer Mouse Focus
Message-ID: <25113@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 29 May 91 23:56:22 GMT
Distribution: comp
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Awhile back, someone was flaming away at badly written x programs and
they said something like:  "some programs even still require that the 
pointer be in the window before they can get keyboard input".  

Well, I've tried to solve this problem for months now, and I still can't
figure out how to get keystrokes into my program when the pointer moves
out of the window.  I know that I'm just a stupid beginner (:-)) but I just 
can't get this one to work right.

Now, of course, its not a simple program:  My simple test program using 
xlib works! I'm running under R3, using the intrinsics and Motif 1.0. 
I have multiple toplevel shells that each has a scrolled window 
child that owns one drawing area as a child.  the drawing areas get
the input and display it.  (this is a terminal).  The input is gotten through a
Motif Callback for the drawing area. 

I would greatly appreciate knowing the magic trick that removes this
annoying problem.
-- 


Brook Schoenfield
bschoen@well.sf.ca.us

"How can technology be used to create a peaceful, well
fed world?" - burning question