[GRASS-dev] Issues of 6.5 build on WinXP

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> >> I've looked at the current version of menuform.py and gselect.py and can
> >> find no place that should generate a pause or autocomplete in map
> >> selection. If it's there, it's really buried deeply.
> > 
> > Everything in the GUI is buried deeply ;)
> > 
> > But, here goes:
> > 
> > Each modification to the text widget generates EVT_TEXT,
> 
> Where is the EVT_TEXT binding? I couldn't find it.

It's in cmdPanel.__init__() ;)

In r40168 (trunk), it's at line 1329 of menuform.py.

> This should be run when needed, not while typing.

That's my opinion. However:

1. It requires that combo boxes support a popup event which can be
used to to populate the list. The user may type a map name then
immediately click on the button to pop-up the option list; we can't
assume that there will be an intermediate event such as the map name's
text field losing focus or the combo box's text field gaining focus.

2. If the list is needed even if the user doesn't pop-up the option
list (e.g. for completion), it may need to be populated when the combo
box's text field gains focus (or receives its first EVT_TEXT event).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>