[wxPython-users] wxGrid editing odds

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi Robin,

On 3/2/07, Robin Dunn wrote:
> Andrea Gavana wrote:
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> Ctrl-Enter is indeed being used as a navigation key in wxMSW, and it
> looks like there are several places in the code that are ensuring that
> this is always the case, (so it wouldn't be easy to disable it.)  I'll
> check on wx-dev to make sure I'm not missing something, but in the
> meantime I'd recommend just taking charge and giving your grid editor
> another way to insert a newline, such as Shift-Enter.
>
>         self.grid.Bind(wx.grid.EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED,
> self.OnEditorCreated)
>
>     def OnEditorCreated(self, evt):
>         def HandleShiftEnter(evt):
>             if evt.KeyCode == wx.WXK_RETURN and evt.ShiftDown():
>                 evt.GetEventObject().WriteText('\n')
>             else:
>                 evt.Skip()
>
>         # This should probably only be done for cells that are using
>         # the GridCellAutoWrapStringEditor but for this sample we'll
>         # just do it for all...
>
>         # Since the grid pushes a new wx.EvtHandler onto the control's
>         # event ahndler stack, Bind to the first event handler on the
>         # stack instead of directly to the control so we can get first
>         # crack at the event.
>         ctrlEH = evt.GetControl().GetEventHandler()
>         ctrlEH.Bind(wx.EVT_KEY_DOWN, HandleShiftEnter)

Thank you for the sample! I am actually doing it with the Alt instead
of Shift, as M$ Excel does, but the result is the same :-D

Andrea.

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