I'm trying to have all text in a certain wxTextCtrl become selected when the user enters the control with the mouse. I've tried using an EVT_SET_FOCUS, and the handler looks like
self.OnTextSetFocus(self, event):
event.GetEventObject().SetSelection(-1, -1)
event.Skip()
...but that doesn't work, the text in the control remains unselected. How can I accomplish this (seemingly) simple task?
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Roger Hyde
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In Friday, May 28, 2004, 5:42:16 PM, Roger wrote:
I'm trying to have all text in a certain wxTextCtrl become
selected when the user enters the control with the mouse. I've
tried using an EVT_SET_FOCUS, and the handler looks like
self.OnTextSetFocus(self, event):
event.GetEventObject().SetSelection(-1, -1)
event.Skip()
...but that doesn't work, the text in the control remains
unselected. How can I accomplish this (seemingly) simple task?
EVT_SET_FOCUS(self.textctrl, self.OnTextSetFocus)
...
def OnTextSetFocus(self, evt):
wxCallAfter(self.SelectAll)
def SelectAll(self):
self.textctrl.SetSelection(-1, -1)
-- tacao
E. A. Tacao wrote:
In Friday, May 28, 2004, 5:42:16 PM, Roger wrote:
> I'm trying to have all text in a certain wxTextCtrl become
> selected when the user enters the control with the mouse. I've
> tried using an EVT_SET_FOCUS, and the handler looks like> self.OnTextSetFocus(self, event):
> event.GetEventObject().SetSelection(-1, -1)
> event.Skip()> ...but that doesn't work, the text in the control remains
> unselected. How can I accomplish this (seemingly) simple task?EVT_SET_FOCUS(self.textctrl, self.OnTextSetFocus)
...
def OnTextSetFocus(self, evt):
wxCallAfter(self.SelectAll)
def SelectAll(self):
self.textctrl.SetSelection(-1, -1)
The reason for using wx.CallAfter here is that the text control does it's own selection management in its default EVT_SET_FOCUS handler. Using wx.CallAfter allows you to do your selection after the control has done its own.
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Robin Dunn
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