Re: TextCrtl select all text when control is entered

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:41:58 +0200
"Grumm, Carsten" <carsten.grumm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  Hi,

> I'm trying to have all text selected when a user enters the textcontrol.
> I've tried using EVT_SET_FOCUS like this:
> 
> sub OnSetFocus {
>       my ($this, $event) = @_;
>       $this->SetSelection(-1, -1);
> }
> 
> ... but that doesn't work.
> 
> I've found some Pythoncode
> (http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/wxPython-users/2086900) 
> where Wx::CallAfter is used, but I don't know how to do this in wxPerl?

  CallAfter is just a nice wrapper for calling a function once
in idle time (must implement it in wxPerl, too). Just set a flag
in EVT_FOCUS, and in EVT_IDLE call SetSelection iff the flag is set.

HTH
Mattia


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