#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Gtk2 -init;

my $window = Gtk2::Window->new;
$window->set( border_width => 15 );
$window->signal_connect( delete_event => sub { exit });
$window->set_size_request(300,200);

my $vbox   = Gtk2::VBox->new();
$window->add($vbox); 

my $label = Gtk2::Label->new("Not Busy");
my $button = Gtk2::Button->new ('Make Busy');
$button->signal_connect (clicked => \&clicked );

my $button1 = Gtk2::Button->new ('Test');
my $but1sig = $button1->signal_connect (clicked => \&clicked1 );

$vbox->pack_start( $label, 0, 0, 0 );
$vbox->pack_start( $button, 0, 0, 0 );
$vbox->pack_start( $button1, 0, 0, 0 );

$window->show_all;

my $busycur = Gtk2::Gdk::Cursor->new('GDK_WATCH');
my $normcur = Gtk2::Gdk::Cursor->new('GDK_LEFT_PTR');
my $rootwin = $window->window();

Gtk2->main;
########################################################

sub clicked {
 my $cur_lab = $button->get_label();
 
  if($cur_lab eq 'Make Busy'){
     $button->set_label('Release');
     $rootwin->set_cursor($busycur);
     $button1->signal_handler_block($but1sig);
     $label->set_text('Busy');
     
  }elsif($cur_lab eq 'Release'){
     $button->set_label('Make Busy');
     $rootwin->set_cursor($normcur);
     $button1->signal_handler_unblock($but1sig);
     $label->set_text('Not Busy');
 }

}

sub clicked1 {
   print "1\n";
}
[download]

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Glib qw/TRUE FALSE/;
use Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms;
use Gtk2 '-init';

$|++;

my $window = Gtk2::Window->new('toplevel');
$window->set_title('Z');
$window ->signal_connect( 'destroy' => \&delete_event );
$window->set_border_width(10);
$window->set_size_request(300,200);

my $vbox = Gtk2::VBox->new( FALSE, 6 );
$window->add($vbox);
$vbox->set_border_width(2);

my $hbox= Gtk2::HBox->new( FALSE, 6 );
$vbox->pack_end($hbox,FALSE,FALSE,0);
$hbox->set_border_width(2);

my $button = Gtk2::Button->new_from_stock('gtk-quit');
$hbox->pack_end( $button, FALSE, FALSE, 0 );
$button->signal_connect( clicked => \&delete_event );

my $button1 = Gtk2::Button->new('Global Grab');
$hbox->pack_end( $button1, FALSE, FALSE, 0 );
$button1->signal_connect( clicked => sub{
  my $rc;
  $rc = Gtk2::Gdk->pointer_grab($window->window,1,['button-press-mask'
+,'button-release-mask','pointer-motion-mask'],undef,undef,Gtk2->get_c
+urrent_event_time);
  print "$rc\n";
  $rc = Gtk2::Gdk->keyboard_grab($window->window,0,Gtk2->get_current_e
+vent_time);
  print "$rc\n";
} );

$window->set_position('center');

$window->show_all();


$window->signal_connect( 'key_release_event' => \&keyrelease );

$window->signal_connect (event => sub {
   my ($item, $event) = @_;
   warn "event ".$event->type."\n";
   print chr(07); #beep
   return 0;  #return 1 prevents window from closing 
  # return 0 lets the signal thru
});

Gtk2->main;

#####################################
sub delete_event {
Gtk2->main_quit;
return FALSE;
}  

sub keyrelease {
    my ( $widget, $event ) = @_;
    print $event->keyval,"\n";
    print chr(07); #beep
    if ( $event->keyval == $Gtk2::Gdk::Keysyms{q} ) {
        Gtk2->main_quit;
    }
    else {
        print "key was ", chr( $event->keyval ), "\n";
    }
}
[download]