SV: Re: wxGTK, wxLogGui, mouse capture, ...

[Robert Roebling]

Arne Steinarson wrote:

> You have state for mouse capture in gtk/window.cpp.
> Releasing the capture in gtk/dialog.cpp you'd have to
> manipulate globals of another file (bad practice) or
> leave incoherent state behind.
> 
> Regards
> // ATS
> 
> Mouse capture state in window.cpp:
> 
> // mouse capture state: the window which has it and if
> the mouse is currently
> // inside it
> static wxWindowGTK  *g_captureWindow = (wxWindowGTK*)
> NULL;
> static bool g_captureWindowHasMouse = false;

You are right,

  Robert


> 
> 
> 
> --- Robert Roebling <robert at roebling.de> skrev:
> 
> > Arne Steinarson wrote:
> > 
> > > I think in this regard (popping up dialogs in any
> > > situation), that Windows is more robust than GTK.
> > Does
> > > wxMSW do some special handling or does Windows
> > handle
> > > this by itself (release capture message
> > triggered).
> > > 
> > > My suggestion is to put the method in wxDialog
> > (for
> > > GTK) and not in wxDialogBase.
> > 
> > I don't know what you need that 
> > static wxWindowGTK::ReleaseCaptureInternal
> > for. Just release the mouse and send the event.
> > Especially if the patch is for the 2.8 branch,
> > where adding a symbol is not desired,
> > 
> >   Robert
> >