Re: git-gui: automatically move focus to staged file before typing commit message?

From: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
Date: Sep 26, 2019, 19:30 UTC
Message-ID: <20190926193004.jspiirmb4ejxznjo@yadavpratyush.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGr--=+SNO7GuHH-dE_ZnrJDCa8tv8EA5LMrVGwsMTRpxhzEZA@mail.gmail.com>

On 26/09/19 08:33PM, Birger Skogeng Pedersen wrote:

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> Honestly I'll need some help to get this one implemented. The only
> implementation I've got working currently, is to change Alt+4 key bind
> to do the following:
> - Focus the "Staged Changes" widget (which will select a path in the
> list, if it isn't focused already), then
> - Focus the "Commit Message" widget

Why are you changing the Alt+4 binding? This means your feature won't work for people who use the mouse to move around in the UI (which I suppose would be a majority).

Did you try binding a script to the FocusIn event of the commit message 
buffer? You can do this like:
  
  bind $ui_comm <FocusIn> {your_script}

I'm not sure if $ui_comm is the correct widget, but you can experiment a bit by printing something in your_script to find out for sure.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav