Button is focused when I run application Topic is solved

[ValeV]

When I run the application I made, first button is focused (blue line going around it).

Picture of it: http://i68.tinypic.com/6xsnro.png

I don't want it to be focused at start. How can I fix it?

-ValeV

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
Can you show some code?
Did you create this button as the first control?

Thank you.

[New Pagodi]

The only thing I can think of that

• should work on all platforms
• won't break the tab order

is to add an extra hidden item and initially set the focus to it. For example, a frame with 4 buttons constructor might look like this:

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wxPanel* panel = new wxPanel(this);
panel->Hide();

wxButton* button1 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button1");
wxButton* button2 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button2");
wxButton* button3 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button3");
wxButton* button4 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button4");
wxButton* button5 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY);
button5->Hide();

wxGridSizer* sizer = new wxGridSizer(2);
sizer->Add(button1);
sizer->Add(button2);
sizer->Add(button3);
sizer->Add(button4);

panel->SetSizer(sizer);
panel->Layout();

button5->SetFocus();
panel->Show();

[ValeV]

The only thing I can think of that

• should work on all platforms
• won't break the tab order

is to add an extra hidden item and initially set the focus to it. For example, a frame with 4 buttons constructor might look like this:

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wxPanel* panel = new wxPanel(this);
panel->Hide();

wxButton* button1 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button1");
wxButton* button2 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button2");
wxButton* button3 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button3");
wxButton* button4 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY, "Button4");
wxButton* button5 = new wxButton(panel, wxID_ANY);
button5->Hide();

wxGridSizer* sizer = new wxGridSizer(2);
sizer->Add(button1);
sizer->Add(button2);
sizer->Add(button3);
sizer->Add(button4);

panel->SetSizer(sizer);
panel->Layout();

button5->SetFocus();
panel->Show();

Thanks! I added

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wxButton* button5 = new wxButton(Panel1, wxID_ANY);
button5->SetFocus();
button5->Hide();

in frame constructor and it works! I don't really like this "russian" style of programming, but oh well. Maybe I will recreate the same application and see if this problem happens again.

Thank you!

Hi,
Can you show some code?
Did you create this button as the first control?

Thank you.

I can show you code, dont know which part though, the drawing part?

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BinaryConverterFrame::BinaryConverterFrame(wxWindow* parent,wxWindowID id)
{
    //(*Initialize(BinaryConverterFrame)
    wxBoxSizer* BoxSizer1;
    wxBoxSizer* BoxSizer2;
    wxBoxSizer* BoxSizer3;
    wxFlexGridSizer* FlexGridSizer1;
    wxMenu* Menu1;
    wxMenu* Menu2;
    wxMenuBar* MenuBar1;
    wxMenuItem* MenuItem1;
    wxMenuItem* MenuItem2;
    wxStaticBoxSizer* StaticBoxSizer1;
    wxStaticBoxSizer* StaticBoxSizer2;

    Create(parent, wxID_ANY, _("BinaryConverter"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, _T("wxID_ANY"));
    BoxSizer1 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
    Panel1 = new wxPanel(this, ID_PANEL1, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxTAB_TRAVERSAL, _T("ID_PANEL1"));
    FlexGridSizer1 = new wxFlexGridSizer(2, 1, 0, 0);
    FlexGridSizer1->AddGrowableCol(0);
    FlexGridSizer1->AddGrowableRow(0);
    FlexGridSizer1->AddGrowableRow(1);
    StaticBoxSizer1 = new wxStaticBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL, Panel1, _("EDS to binary converter"));
    BoxSizer2 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
    Button1 = new wxButton(Panel1, ID_BUTTON1, _("Browse controller\'s EDS file"), wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(148,38), 0, wxDefaultValidator, _T("ID_BUTTON1"));
    BoxSizer2->Add(Button1, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    Button2 = new wxButton(Panel1, ID_BUTTON2, _("Save"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, wxDefaultValidator, _T("ID_BUTTON2"));
    BoxSizer2->Add(Button2, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    StaticBoxSizer1->Add(BoxSizer2, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    FlexGridSizer1->Add(StaticBoxSizer1, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    StaticBoxSizer2 = new wxStaticBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL, Panel1, _("Binary to text converter"));
    BoxSizer3 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
    Button3 = new wxButton(Panel1, ID_BUTTON3, _("Choose binary file with\ncontroller NV-RAM data"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, wxDefaultValidator, _T("ID_BUTTON3"));
    BoxSizer3->Add(Button3, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    Button4 = new wxButton(Panel1, ID_BUTTON4, _("Save"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, wxDefaultValidator, _T("ID_BUTTON4"));
    BoxSizer3->Add(Button4, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);

    wxButton* button5 = new wxButton(Panel1, wxID_ANY);
    button5->SetFocus();
    button5->Hide();

    StaticBoxSizer2->Add(BoxSizer3, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    FlexGridSizer1->Add(StaticBoxSizer2, 1, wxALL|wxEXPAND, 5);
    Panel1->SetSizer(FlexGridSizer1);
    FlexGridSizer1->Fit(Panel1);
    FlexGridSizer1->SetSizeHints(Panel1);
    BoxSizer1->Add(Panel1, 1, wxEXPAND, 5);
    SetSizer(BoxSizer1);
    MenuBar1 = new wxMenuBar();
    Menu1 = new wxMenu();
    MenuItem1 = new wxMenuItem(Menu1, idMenuQuit, _("Quit\tAlt-F4"), _("Quit the application"), wxITEM_NORMAL);
    Menu1->Append(MenuItem1);
    MenuBar1->Append(Menu1, _("&File"));
    Menu2 = new wxMenu();
    MenuItem2 = new wxMenuItem(Menu2, idMenuAbout, _("About\tF1"), _("Show info about this application"), wxITEM_NORMAL);
    Menu2->Append(MenuItem2);
    MenuBar1->Append(Menu2, _("Help"));
    SetMenuBar(MenuBar1);
    StatusBar1 = new wxStatusBar(this, ID_STATUSBAR1, 0, _T("ID_STATUSBAR1"));
    int __wxStatusBarWidths_1[1] = { -1 };
    int __wxStatusBarStyles_1[1] = { wxSB_NORMAL };
    StatusBar1->SetFieldsCount(1,__wxStatusBarWidths_1);
    StatusBar1->SetStatusStyles(1,__wxStatusBarStyles_1);
    SetStatusBar(StatusBar1);
    FileDialog1 = new wxFileDialog(this, _("Select file"), wxEmptyString, wxEmptyString, _("EDS files (*.eds)|*.eds"), wxFD_OPEN|wxFD_FILE_MUST_EXIST, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, _T("wxFileDialog"));
    FileDialog2 = new wxFileDialog(this, _("Select file"), wxEmptyString, wxEmptyString, _("BIN files (*.bin)|*.bin"), wxFD_SAVE|wxFD_OVERWRITE_PROMPT, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, _T("wxFileDialog"));
    FileDialog3 = new wxFileDialog(this, _("Select file"), wxEmptyString, wxEmptyString, _("BIN files (*.bin)|*.bin"), wxFD_DEFAULT_STYLE|wxFD_OPEN|wxFD_FILE_MUST_EXIST, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, _T("wxFileDialog"));
    FileDialog4 = new wxFileDialog(this, _("Select file"), wxEmptyString, wxEmptyString, _("TXT files (*.txt)|*.txt"), wxFD_SAVE|wxFD_OVERWRITE_PROMPT, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, _T("wxFileDialog"));
    BoxSizer1->Fit(this);
    BoxSizer1->SetSizeHints(this);

    Connect(ID_BUTTON1,wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnButton1Click);
    Connect(ID_BUTTON2,wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnButton2Click);
    Connect(ID_BUTTON3,wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnButton3Click);
    Connect(ID_BUTTON4,wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnButton4Click);
    Connect(idMenuQuit,wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnQuit);
    Connect(idMenuAbout,wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,(wxObjectEventFunction)&BinaryConverterFrame::OnAbout);
    //*)
}

>Did you create this button as the first control?

Sorry, I don't know what that means. I use wxSmith to build GUI.

[ValeV]

I noticed additional bug/feature I don't like, in all my applications. When I click on any button in any of my apps, the focus stays on this button even after the button did his thing (the blue square around the button is still visible, like in my first picture in this forum thread). Surely there is an already known solution for this and not some quick half fix?

[doublemax]

When I click on any button in any of my apps, the focus stays on this button even after the button did his thing (the blue square around the button is still visible, like in my first picture in this forum thread).

That's the default behavior under Windows. You should see this in all applications (not only wxWidgets ones).

[ValeV]

When I click on any button in any of my apps, the focus stays on this button even after the button did his thing (the blue square around the button is still visible, like in my first picture in this forum thread).

That's the default behavior under Windows. You should see this in all applications (not only wxWidgets ones).

Ah yes, it's just that in my app it's more annoying because of the blue border. (in other applications there is not)

But what about first button being focused on application start (my original question)?

[PB]

Isn't this also the usual default button vs focused item question?

See e.g. here viewtopic.php?t=45174

[doublemax]

But what about first button being focused on application start (my original question)?

Try setting the focus to the frame.

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this->SetFocus();

[ValeV]

But what about first button being focused on application start (my original question)?

Try setting the focus to the frame.

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this->SetFocus();

I see, I put focus on highest label, though your code works better. Thank you.