Editbox::EventActivated not called via mouse click [solved]

[Rackle]

I'm subscribing to Editbox::EventActivated in order to receive a notification when an edit box gains the input focus in order to select the contents, allowing the user to quickly replace/delete that content:

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Editbox* editbox = static_cast<Editbox*>(WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow(widget));
editbox->subscribeEvent(Editbox::EventActivated, Event::Subscriber(&EditboxWidget::onActivated, this));
editbox->subscribeEvent(Editbox::EventDeactivated, Event::Subscriber(&EditboxWidget::onDeactivated, this));

bool EditboxWidget::onActivated(const CEGUI::EventArgs& e)
{
   // Select the entire contents of the edit box when it is activated (given input focus)
   Editbox* editbox = static_cast<Editbox*>(WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow(m_widget));
   editbox->setSelection(0, editbox->getText().length());
   return true;
}

bool EditboxWidget::onDeactivated(const CEGUI::EventArgs& e)
{
   // Unselect the contents of the edit box when it is deactivated (lost input focus)
   Editbox* editbox = static_cast<Editbox*>(WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow(m_widget));
   editbox->setSelection(0, 0);
   return true;
}


It works well when I tab through the widgets (that code is nearly ready for release) but when I click within the edit box this event is not activated.

It seems to me that clicking within the edit box gives it the input focus, so it should trigger the onActivated event. The workaround would be to subscribe to Editbox::EventMouseClick and if the edit box does not have the input focus then call activate() which should trigger the onActivated event. But that seems far fetched.

[spannerman]

Are you sure the onActivated isnt getting called, but then the text selection is getting overwritten by the mouse click which would probably insert the caret at a position closest to the click?

[Rackle]

Bah, I should have put a break point into onActivated() and figured out that was what is happening; onActivated() does get called when clicking.

I'm not sure how to solve this situation however.

[Rackle]

I just checked the Windows behavior and clicking into a field does not select its contents; that only happens when navigating via Tab or Shift+Tab. So I'll "fix" this problem by not providing that feature.

Cegui is selecting a word within the edit box when double-clicking and selecting the entire contents when triple clicking so that gives me all the mouse-clicking behavior I need.

[scriptkid]

I just checked the Windows behavior and clicking into a field does not select its contents; that only happens when navigating via Tab or Shift+Tab. So I'll "fix" this problem by not providing that feature.

I clicked a bit around, and it seems that comboboxes with an editable field do have the one-click-selects-all behaviour. For exampe your address bar, or the search box in VS. Confusing huh?