AW: Omnis Webview external focus issue

[DATAX AG, Florian Binder]

Hi Kelly,

i investigated your idea today. It seems that Omnis and the external don't get notified of any WM messages send to the webview. If the container containing the webview is focused through the usage of the tab key (and not the webview through a click), all events (WM_FOCUSEDCHANGED) are thrown and the focus of the entry field gets removed. I did succeed in removing the caret with WNDdestroyCaret() and WNDsetCapture() but a click on a button is still necessary for Omnis to regain focus. A WNDreleaseCapture() is not possible as I didn't find a way to get notified when the user clicks inside an entry field.

Any ideas?

Mit freundlichen Gruessen
DATAX AG Unternehmensberatung


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Florian Binder
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] Im Auftrag von Kelly Burgess
Gesendet: Freitag, 6. März 2015 12:41
An: OmnisList
Betreff: Re: Omnis Webview external focus issue

Hi Florian,

Are you responding to WM_FOCUSCHANGED messages?

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WM_FOCUSCHANGED
This message is generated when the input focus has been changed by Omnis. If a window displays an input caret, this is the time when the caret should be created or destroyed.

Parameters:
 focus - Value of wParam. If zero, the window looses the input focus. If 1 the window receives the input focus.

Returns:
An external component should return non-zero if it creates or destroys the caret; otherwise, it should return zero.
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The discussion of that message in the HWND reference shows an example response making calls to WNDcreateCaret, WNDsetCaretPos, WNDshowCaret and WNDdestroyCaret.  So maybe if you did all of that except the WNDshowCaret, it would be enough to remove the caret from the previously focused object.

WNDsetCapture and WNDreleaseCapture are worth investigating.  WNDsetCapture "sets the mouse or key capture to the given window. With the mouse or key capture set, all mouse and key input is directed to that window, regardless of whether the cursor is over that window or the window has the focus. Only one window can have the mouse capture or key capture at any one time."  So maybe calling one of these in response to WM_FOCUSCHANGED would help.

Kelly
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