Daniel, Thanks, that's a big help! James Simmons <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Daniel Narvaez <<a href="mailto:dwnarvaez@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwnarvaez@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">GtkImage only works for me: from gi.repository import Gtk def image1_focus_in_cb(a, b): print("focus in 1") def image1_focus_out_cb(a, b): print("focus out 1") def image2_focus_in_cb(a, b): print("focus in 2") def image2_focus_out_cb(a, b): print("focus out 2") window = Gtk.Window() box = Gtk.HBox() image1 = Gtk.Image.new_from_file("") image1.set_can_focus(True) image1.connect("focus-in-event", image1_focus_in_cb) image1.connect("focus-out-event", image1_focus_out_cb) image2 = Gtk.Image.new_from_file("") image2.set_can_focus(True) image2.connect("focus-in-event", image2_focus_in_cb) image2.connect("focus-out-event", image2_focus_out_cb) box.pack_start(image1, False, False, 0) box.pack_start(image2, False, False, 0) window.add(box) window.show_all() Gtk.main() <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> On 28 February 2013 17:06, Daniel Narvaez <<a href="mailto:dwnarvaez@gmail.com">dwnarvaez@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Two things you could try: > > - set_visible_window(True) the event box and also set_can_focus > > - Remove the box and set_can_focus the image. > > > On Thursday, 28 February 2013, James Simmons wrote: >> >> Gonzalo, >> >> The problem with that it I want the arrow keys to page through the images >> only when the image has the focus. There are other places in the Activity >> where I don't want to interfere with the arrow keys. For instance, you can >> make annotations for a specific image. >> >> I notice that GtkImage is a subclass of GtkWidget, so maybe that means >> that I don't need the event box anymore. Maybe the image itself can accept >> the focus and receive the events. The problem I have with that is that the >> old GTK made Image extend Widget also, and as I remember it you couldn't get >> events from an Image. It was years ago. Maybe I've been doing it wrong the >> whole time. >> >> James Simmons >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <<a href="mailto:gonzalo@laptop.org">gonzalo@laptop.org</a>> >> wrote: >>> >>> Can you catch the key-press-event in the activity class? >>> I think other activities like Read or Terminal do this. >>> >>> Gonzalo >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:53 PM, James Simmons <<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Aneesh, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to incorporate your GTK3 update to View Slides and release >>>> the result on ASLO. The problem I'm still having is that I cannot page >>>> through the images using the keyboard as I used to. What I did in the past >>>> was to nest the image control in an event box and make the event box able to >>>> accept the focus. Then the user clicks on the image with the mouse to set >>>> the focus and at that point the event box receives key press events. >>>> >>>> When you upgraded View Slides to use GTK3 you removed the code to make >>>> the event box focusable. I have tried to replace the missing line of code >>>> with what seems to be the GTK3 equivalent but it isn't working. I've done a >>>> lot of google searches trying to figure out the problem and I'm not getting >>>> anywhere. I cannot release View Slides as it is. It really needs to be >>>> able to navigate through the images with the keyboard to be usable. >>>> >>>> I'm hoping you might have some thoughts or maybe an idea of how to do >>>> the keyboard paging a different way. >>>> >>>> James Simmons >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Manuel Quiñones <<a href="mailto:manuq@laptop.org">manuq@laptop.org</a>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi James, >>>>> >>>>> 2013/2/24 James Simmons <<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>>: >>>>> > I was looking at the upgrade to GTK3 done for View Slides and it >>>>> > seems that >>>>> > it no longer responds to the keyboard. What I had done previously to >>>>> > get it >>>>> > to do that was to put the image I was displaying in an event box. I >>>>> > then >>>>> > made the event box accept the focus like this: >>>>> > >>>>> > self.eventbox.set_events(gtk.gdk.KEY_PRESS_MASK | >>>>> > gtk.gdk.BUTTON_PRESS_MASK) >>>>> > self.eventbox.set_flags(gtk.CAN_FOCUS) >>>>> > >>>>> > The Gtk3 port changed the code to this: >>>>> > >>>>> > self.eventbox.set_events(Gdk.EventMask.KEY_PRESS_MASK | >>>>> > Gdk.EventMask.BUTTON_PRESS_MASK) >>>>> > >>>>> > There was no code to make it accept the focus. I tried adding this: >>>>> > >>>>> > self.eventbox.set_can_focus(True) >>>>> > >>>>> > This does not prevent the Activity from running, but it doesn't make >>>>> > the >>>>> > Event Box focusable either. >>>>> >>>>> Have you tried self.eventbox.grab_focus() ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-grab-focus" target="_blank">http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-grab-focus</a> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> .. manuq .. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Daniel Narvaez > </div></div>-- Daniel Narvaez </blockquote></div>