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'\" Copyright (c) 1990-1994 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\" SCCS: @(#) focus.n 1.22 96/08/27 13:21:42
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.so man.macros
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.TH focus n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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focus \- Manage the input focus
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBfocus\fR
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.sp
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\fBfocus \fIwindow\fR
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\fBfocus \fIoption\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The \fBfocus\fR command is used to manage the Tk input focus.
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At any given time, one window on each display is designated as
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the \fIfocus window\fR; any key press or key release events for the
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display are sent to that window.
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It is normally up to the window manager to redirect the focus among the
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top-level windows of a display. For example, some window managers
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automatically set the input focus to a top-level window whenever
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the mouse enters it; others redirect the input focus only when
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the user clicks on a window.
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Usually the window manager will set the focus
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only to top-level windows, leaving it up to the application to
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redirect the focus among the children of the top-level.
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.PP
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Tk remembers one focus window for each top-level (the most recent
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descendant of that top-level to receive the focus); when the window
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manager gives the focus
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to a top-level, Tk automatically redirects it to the remembered
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window. Within a top-level Tk uses an \fIexplicit\fR focus model
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by default. Moving the mouse within a top-level does not normally
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change the focus; the focus changes only when a widget
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decides explicitly to claim the focus (e.g., because of a button
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click), or when the user types a key such as Tab that moves the
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focus.
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.PP
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The Tcl procedure \fBtk_focusFollowsMouse\fR may be invoked to
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create an \fIimplicit\fR focus model: it reconfigures Tk so that
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the focus is set to a window whenever the mouse enters it.
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The Tcl procedures \fBtk_focusNext\fR and \fBtk_focusPrev\fR
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implement a focus order among the windows of a top-level; they
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are used in the default bindings for Tab and Shift-Tab, among other
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things.
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.PP
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The \fBfocus\fR command can take any of the following forms:
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.TP
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\fBfocus\fR
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Returns the path name of the focus window on the display containing
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the application's main window, or an empty string if no window in
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this application has the focus on that display. Note: it is
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better to specify the display explicitly using \fB\-displayof\fR
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(see below) so that the code will work in applications using multiple
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displays.
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.TP
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\fBfocus \fIwindow\fR
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If the application currently has the input focus on \fIwindow\fR's
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display, this command resets the input focus for \fIwindow\fR's display
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to \fIwindow\fR and returns an empty string.
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If the application doesn't currently have the input focus on
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\fIwindow\fR's display, \fIwindow\fR will be remembered as the focus
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for its top-level; the next time the focus arrives at the top-level,
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Tk will redirect it to \fIwindow\fR.
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If \fIwindow\fR is an empty string then the command does nothing.
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.TP
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\fBfocus \-displayof\fR \fIwindow\fR
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Returns the name of the focus window on the display containing \fIwindow\fR.
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If the focus window for \fIwindow\fR's display isn't in this
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application, the return value is an empty string.
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.TP
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\fBfocus \-force \fIwindow\fR
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Sets the focus of \fIwindow\fR's display to \fIwindow\fR, even if
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the application doesn't currently have the input focus for the display.
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This command should be used sparingly, if at all.
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In normal usage, an application should not claim the focus for
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itself; instead, it should wait for the window manager to give it
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the focus.
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If \fIwindow\fR is an empty string then the command does nothing.
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.TP
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\fBfocus \-lastfor\fR \fIwindow\fR
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Returns the name of the most recent window to have the input focus
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among all the windows in the same top-level as \fIwindow\fR.
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If no window in that top-level has ever had the input focus, or
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if the most recent focus window has been deleted, then the name
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of the top-level is returned. The return value is the window that
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will receive the input focus the next time the window manager gives
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the focus to the top-level.
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.SH "QUIRKS"
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.PP
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When an internal window receives the input focus, Tk doesn't actually
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set the X focus to that window; as far as X is concerned, the focus
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will stay on the top-level window containing the window with the focus.
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However, Tk generates FocusIn and FocusOut events just as if the X
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focus were on the internal window. This approach gets around a
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number of problems that would occur if the X focus were actually moved;
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the fact that the X focus is on the top-level is invisible unless
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you use C code to query the X server directly.
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.SH KEYWORDS
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events, focus, keyboard, top-level, window manager
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