/// <summary>
/// Fires a key press event to a widget. This is not something that should be used very often,
/// but it provides a way to store a value of a cell being edited in a grid when the user closes the grid
/// (e.g., by selecting a different view).
/// I haven't been able to find any better way to do it.
/// It's placed in this unit because there may be uses in other contexts.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="widget"></param>
/// <param name="key"></param>
public static void SendKeyEvent(Gtk.Widget widget, Gdk.Key key)
{
uint keyval = (uint)key;
Gdk.Window window = widget.GdkWindow;
Gdk.KeymapKey[] keymap = Gdk.Keymap.Default.GetEntriesForKeyval(keyval);
EventKeyStruct native = new EventKeyStruct();
native.type = Gdk.EventType.KeyPress;
native.window = window.Handle;
native.send_event = 1;
native.state = (uint)Gdk.EventMask.KeyPressMask;
native.keyval = keyval;
native.length = 0;
native.str = null;
native.hardware_keycode = (ushort)keymap[0].Keycode;
native.group = (byte)keymap[0].Group;
IntPtr ptr = GLib.Marshaller.StructureToPtrAlloc(native);
try
{
Gdk.EventKey evnt = new Gdk.EventKey(ptr);
Gtk.Main.DoEvent(evnt);
}
finally
{
GLib.Marshaller.Free(ptr);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Fires a key press event to a widget. This is not something that should be used very often,
/// but it provides a way to store a value of a cell being edited in a grid when the user closes the grid
/// (e.g., by selecting a different view).
/// I haven't been able to find any better way to do it.
/// It's placed in this unit because there may be uses in other contexts.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="widget"></param>
/// <param name="key"></param>
public static void SendKeyEvent(Gtk.Widget widget, Gdk.Key key)
{
uint keyval = (uint)key;
Gdk.Window window = widget.GdkWindow;
Gdk.KeymapKey[] keymap = Gdk.Keymap.Default.GetEntriesForKeyval(keyval);
EventKeyStruct native = new EventKeyStruct();
native.type = Gdk.EventType.KeyPress;
native.window = window.Handle;
native.send_event = 1;
native.state = (uint)Gdk.EventMask.KeyPressMask;
native.keyval = keyval;
native.length = 0;
native.str = null;
native.hardware_keycode = (ushort)keymap[0].Keycode;
native.group = (byte)keymap[0].Group;
IntPtr ptr = GLib.Marshaller.StructureToPtrAlloc(native);
try
{
Gdk.EventKey evnt = new Gdk.EventKey(ptr);
Gdk.EventHelper.Put(evnt);
// We need to process the event, or we won't be able
// to safely free the unmanaged pointer
// Using DoEvent for this fails on the Mac
while (GLib.MainContext.Iteration())
{
;
}
// Gtk.Main.DoEvent(evnt);
}
finally
{
GLib.Marshaller.Free(ptr);
}
}
