[Qt-interest] When using Qt, pressing an item on the toolbar control causes the main application window to lose focus.

[Chance Yohman]

Please elaborate, because ESRI acknowledges this as an issue and refuses to
fix it.

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Malyushytsky, Alex <alex at wai.com> wrote:

>  *>>Please note*: The Visual C++ SDK behaves normally.
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> “The Visual C++ SDK” example design is different from other examples -  No
> dialogs are opened and NO other widgets get focus.
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> Design other examples the same way and you will have similar results.
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> Alex
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> *From:* qt-interest-bounces+alex=wai.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:
> qt-interest-bounces+alex=wai.com at qt.nokia.com] *On Behalf Of *Chance
> Yohman
> *Sent:* Monday, March 07, 2011 9:49 AM
> *To:* qt-interest at trolltech.com
> *Subject:* [Qt-interest] When using Qt, pressing an item on the toolbar
> control causes the main application window to lose focus.
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> I realize the Qt community can not easily assist me. I have submitted a
> support request to ESRI and the Trolls. What I was wondering is has anyone
> programmed an application where they were using a QWidget to load an ActiveX
> control and when they pressed on the QWidget that had loaded the ActiveX
> control the main application window (a QMainWindow) lost focus.
> Programmatically, is there a way to return focus to the main window? Thanks
> in advance.
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> Please refer to:
> http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/25169-Focus-Problems-with-ArcObjects-Cross-Platform-C-SDK?p=82978#post82978
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> Focus Problems with ArcObjects Cross-Platform C++ SDK
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> Target Environment Development OS: 64-bit Windows 7 Deployed OS: 32-bit
> Windows XP Toolkit: Qt 4.7.1
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> In the next three videos, please note the issue. At start-up, a user can
> hover across the toolbar and it brings up the tool tip for each
> command/tool. When a user presses a command/tool the main application window
> loses focus. If the user hovers across the toolbar now, there are no
> tooltips- obviously. If the user subsequently clicks commands, then they
> appear raised and tooltips still do not work while the main application
> window does not have focus. Tools function properly other than no tooltips.
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> If the video is too small, then please run it full-screen.
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> *Qt4 Toolkit *
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzotLGo2UM&feature=player_embedded
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> *WxWidgets Toolkit *
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zO-jo2CfpY&feature=player_embedded
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> *GTK Toolkit *
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyWjVNp6rk&feature=player_embedded
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> *Please note*: The Visual C++ SDK behaves normally. The main window does
> not lose focus. The delay when I click Fixed Zoom-In is from labeling.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4UjE77R-I&feature=player_embedded
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> My question is, for the Qt example, how do I get the focus to return to the
> main window after clicking an item on the toolbar? I suppose I could use the
> IToolbarControlEvents interface to capture one of the mouse actions, but how
> would I return the focus to the main window? Would I pass the QMainWindow
> into the IToolbarControlEvents implementation constructor or access it
> through the QAxCtl through the IToolbarControl interface(how?) and then
> accessing the QMainWindow through QAxCtl through accessing parent widgets
> (provided they had been set) until I reached the top level?
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> If you have ArcObjects Cross Platform C++ or/and Visual C++ (.NET) SDK(s)
> installed, the example are:
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> 1) \ArcGIS\DeveloperKit10.0\Samples\ArcObjectsCPP\DynamicDisplay\Qt_Cpp
> 2)\ArcGIS\DeveloperKit10.0\Samples\ArcObjectsCPP\MapTocToolbar\Wx_Cpp
> 3)\ArcGIS\DeveloperKit10.0\Samples\ArcObjectsCPP\MapTocToolbar\GTK_Cpp
> 4)
> \ArcGIS\DeveloperKit10.0\Samples\ArcObjectsVCPP\geodesy_map_control_sample\Visual_CPP
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