Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal

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

I've got a use case where I have a few Entry widgets with one of them infrequently modified and excluded from the tab key focus traversal. I have found need to add a Notebook to this with all existing widgets etc in page1, some new things on page2. I can't seem to exclude the page tabs from the tab key focus traversal... Maybe you can't? This will cramp my style enough to drop the Notebook if thats the case, so I want to make sure its not just user error. Here is an example, desired behavior is just to tab between the top three Entry only.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
require Tk::NoteBook;

my $main = MainWindow->new( );

my $nb = $main->NoteBook(-takefocus => 0 )->pack(-expand => 1, -fill =
+> 'both');

my $page1 = $nb->add('page1', -label => 'Page 1');

$page1->Entry()->pack();
$page1->Entry()->pack();
$page1->Entry()->pack();
$page1->Entry(-takefocus => 0)->pack();

$nb->add('page2', -label => 'Page 2');

MainLoop;
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Re: Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Nov 26, 2018 at 08:36 UTC
Quick hack before I go to bed. #!/usr/bin/perl # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1226322 use strict; use warnings; use Tk; require Tk::NoteBook; my $main = MainWindow->new( ); my $nb = $main->NoteBook(-takefocus => 0 )->pack(-expand => 1, -fill = +> 'both'); my $page1 = $nb->add('page1', -label => 'Page 1'); my $one = $page1->Entry()->pack(); $page1->Entry()->pack(); $page1->Entry()->pack(); my $four = $page1->Entry(-takefocus => 1)->pack(); $four->bind('<FocusIn>' => sub {$one->focus} ); $nb->add('page2', -label => 'Page 2'); MainLoop; [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal by beech (Parson) on Nov 27, 2018 at 02:07 UTC
Hi Use `$nb->configure( -takefocus, 0 );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal by cscvrp (Novice) on Nov 27, 2018 at 05:25 UTC
Wow, I must have danced around that for an hour without hitting it. Thats exactly what i expected to find, thanks for taking the time.	[reply]
Re: Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Nov 26, 2018 at 21:20 UTC
Here's a version that allows shift-tab to go backwards properly, that is, it works both forward and backwards. #!/usr/bin/perl # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1226322 use strict; use warnings; use Tk; require Tk::NoteBook; my $main = MainWindow->new( ); my $nb = $main->NoteBook(-takefocus => 0 )->pack(-expand => 1, -fill = +> 'both'); my $page1 = $nb->add('page1', -label => 'Page 1'); my $one = $page1->Entry()->pack(); $page1->Entry()->pack(); my $three = $page1->Entry()->pack(); $page1->Entry()->pack(); $three->bind('<Tab>' => sub { $main->after( 0, sub {$one->focus} ) } ) +; $one->bind('<<LeftTab>>' => sub { $main->after( 0, sub {$three->focus} + ) } ); $nb->add('page2', -label => 'Page 2'); MainLoop; [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Tk::Notebook exclude tab from focus traversal by cscvrp (Novice) on Nov 27, 2018 at 05:28 UTC
While it turns out the takefocus works if you just apply it to the right place as beech shows, this was very helpful in helping me think about managing focus, and I'm going to need this soon in some soon to tackle problems elsewhere. Thanks for your time, much appreciated!	[reply]