[wxPython-users] Adding a toolbar kills events

[Robin Dunn]

Mathew Yeates wrote:
> Hi
> I have an ogl canvas that I want to catch key down events.
> The following code snippet works if I comment out the toolbar creation.
> -------------------
>        self.scrolledWindow1 = 
> wx.lib.ogl._canvas.ShapeCanvas(id=wxID_PROCVISMAINFRAMESHAPECANVAS1,
>              name='shapeCanvas1', parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0),
>              size=wx.Size(822, 630), style=wx.HSCROLL | wx.VSCROLL)
>        self.scrolledWindow1.Bind(wx.EVT_KEY_DOWN,
>              self.OnScrolledWindow1KeyDown)
> 
>        #the next line fouls things up
>        self.toolBar1 = wx.ToolBar(id=wxID_PROCVISMAINFRAMETOOLBAR1,
>              name='toolBar1', parent=self.scrolledWindow1, 
> pos=wx.Point(0, 0),
>              size=wx.Size(822, 28), style=wx.TB_HORIZONTAL | wx.NO_BORDER)
>       ----------------------
> 
> What gives? Adding a toolbar results in self.OnScrolledWindow1KeyDown 
> never being called.

Have you tried explicitly setting the focus to self.scrolledWindow1? 
KEY and CHAR events are only delivered to windows with the focus.


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