Single line read-only wx.TextCtrl is not focusable

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Hello everyone,
I have a series of wx.TextCtrl's. Some of them are wx.TE_READONLY,
some are not.
If I open up the window, my focus is brought to the first textCtrl
(which is read-only). But if I start pressing Tab, all read-only
textCtrl's which are not wx.TE_MULTILINE (including this first one!)
are skipped and are not focusable in any way.
Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a way to make them
focusable besides turning them into multiline controls (which I
actually wouldn't like to)?
Windows 7, WxPython 2.9.
Thanks!

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One question… if the TextCtrls aren’t editable, what purpose would tabbing into them have? You can’t do anything in them… so this may be the default/native behavior. There may be some custom ways around this, by catching the TAB in the active control, then having a custom handler (i.e. event.GetEventObject().GetNextSibling().SetFocus() )

See these for more info and possibly work-arounds or solutions:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/wxpython-users/qouvE2foCmM
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/wxpython-users/Av_GXxghTUg/j2PBwe2kF6kJ

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On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:51:21 AM UTC-7, Andre Polykanine wrote:

Hello everyone,

I have a series of wx.TextCtrl’s. Some of them are wx.TE_READONLY,

some are not.

If I open up the window, my focus is brought to the first textCtrl

(which is read-only). But if I start pressing Tab, all read-only

textCtrl’s which are not wx.TE_MULTILINE (including this first one!)

are skipped and are not focusable in any way.

Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a way to make them

focusable besides turning them into multiline controls (which I

actually wouldn’t like to)?

Windows 7, WxPython 2.9.

Thanks!

–
With best regards from Ukraine,

Andre

Skype: Francophile

Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule

Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion

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Hello Nathan,

One question... if the TextCtrls aren't editable, what purpose would
tabbing into them have? You can't do anything in them...

for copying values, for example. And for screen reader users who would
be able to easily read their contents.
Thanks!

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------------ Original message ------------
From: Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com>
To: wxpython-users@googlegroups.com
Date created: , 12:20:05 AM
Subject: [wxPython-users] Re: Single line read-only wx.TextCtrl is not focusable

One question... if the TextCtrls aren't editable, what purpose would
tabbing into them have? You can't do anything in them... so this may be the
default/native behavior. There may be some custom ways around this, by
catching the TAB in the active control, then having a custom handler (i.e.
event.GetEventObject().GetNextSibling().SetFocus() )

See these for more info and possibly work-arounds or solutions:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/wxpython-users/qouvE2foCmM
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/wxpython-users/Av_GXxghTUg/j2PBwe2kF6kJ

On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:51:21 AM UTC-7, Andre Polykanine wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have a series of wx.TextCtrl's. Some of them are wx.TE_READONLY,
some are not.
If I open up the window, my focus is brought to the first textCtrl
(which is read-only). But if I start pressing Tab, all read-only
textCtrl's which are not wx.TE_MULTILINE (including this first one!)
are skipped and are not focusable in any way.
Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a way to make them
focusable besides turning them into multiline controls (which I
actually wouldn't like to)?
Windows 7, WxPython 2.9.
Thanks!

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: Francophile
Twitter: x.com
Facebook: Menelion Elensúlë

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Andre Polykanine wrote:

Hello Nathan,

> One question... if the TextCtrls aren't editable, what purpose would
> tabbing into them have? You can't do anything in them...

for copying values, for example. And for screen reader users who would
be able to easily read their contents.

You might try using one of the wx.TE_RICH styles, that will cause it to use a different native control.

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