schnell18 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

I use the Curses::UI::Grid to display the tabular data. The window consists of a table and a few buttons to navigate the data display window to other windows.

However, when the data is displayed, the focus goes to the first row and if I use the tab to shift the focus to next UI control, it never goes to the buttons at the bottom. It just cycle thru the cells of the first row.

Here is the code to reproduce this problem:

#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Curses::UI; use Curses::UI::Grid; my $debug = 0; # Create the root object. my $cui = new Curses::UI ( -color_support => 1, -clear_on_exit => 1, -debug => $debug, ); create_promote_deps_window(); $cui->set_binding( \&exit_dialog , "\cQ"); $cui->mainloop(); sub exit_dialog { my $return = $cui->dialog( -message => "Do you really want to quit?", -title => "Confirm", -buttons => ['yes', 'no'], ); exit(0) if $return; } sub create_base_window { my ($name) = @_; $cui->add( $name, 'Window', -border => 1, -titlereverse => 0, -padtop => 2, -padbottom => 3, -ipad => 1, -title => 'CTRL-Q to quiz', ); } sub create_promote_deps_window { my ($name) = @_; my $win = create_base_window($name); my $grid = $win->add( 'grid', 'Grid', -height => 14, -width => -1, -editable => 0, -border => 1, -process_bindings => { CUI_TAB => undef, }, # -bg => "blue", # -fg => "white", ); $grid->add_cell( "otp", -width => 10, -label => "OTP" ); $grid->add_cell( "commit1", -width => 10, -label => "Commit#" ); $grid->add_cell( "otnp", -width => 10, -label => "OTNP" ); $grid->add_cell( "commit2", -width => 10, -label => "Commit#" ); $grid->add_cell( "overlap", -width => 32, -label => "Overlap" ); my $button_callback = sub { my $this = shift; my $btn_name = $this->get(); if ($btn_name eq "Back") { # give up promotion and return to promote window $win->focus(); } elsif ($btn_name eq "PromoteWithDeps") { } }; $win->add( undef, 'Buttonbox', -y => -1, -buttons => [ { -label => "< Back >", -value => "Back", -onpress => $button_callback, }, { -label => "< Promote w/ all deps >", -value => "PromoteWithDeps", -onpress => $button_callback, }, ], ); my @data = ( ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '6741e47', 'src/tc/b.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '6741e47', 'src/tc/a.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '6741e47', 'src/tc/c.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '66a3254', 'src/tc/c.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '66a3254', 'src/tc/b.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-7', '66a3254', 'src/tc/a.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-8', '8b65677', 'src/tc/e.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-8', '8b65677', 'src/tc/d.p'], ['HDT-10', 'e3042b0', 'HDT-9', '3eefa90', 'src/tc/f.p'], ); foreach my $f (@data) { $grid->add_row( undef, # -fg => 'black', # -bg => 'yellow', -cells => { otp => $f->[0], commit1 => $f->[1], otnp => $f->[2], commit2 => $f->[3], overlap => $f->[4], } ); } $grid->layout(); return $win; }

How can I customize the tab order so that user can shift the focus the buttons below the Curses::UI::Grid?

Thanks!

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Re: Curses::UI::Grid Tab trapped
by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 05, 2014 at 13:38 UTC
    Greetings, schnell18.

    It would be a great deal more helpful for us, if we had your code to reference. We have no idea how you're currently attempting to do the things you mention. So it's difficult, if not impossible to advise. It's also advisable to link references to Modules you site in your post(s). Please see Markup in the Monastery, for how it's done.

    Best wishes.

    --Chris

    ¡λɐp ʇɑəɹ⅁ ɐ əʌɐɥ puɐ ʻꜱdləɥ ꜱᴉɥʇ ədoH

      Sorry, I made a bad post. The code was part of a complex program and it is not appropriate to post directly. I just make a shorter version to reflect the problem and it is included in the update of main post.