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[PATCH v2] gitk: force the focus to the main window on Windows

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Dec 18, 2008, 07:30 UTC
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<4949FC29.2080200@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To
<18761.29020.237388.687560@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>

On msysGit, the focus is first on the (Tk) console. This console is then hidden, but keeps the focus. Work around that by forcing the focus onto the gitk window.

This fixes msysGit issue 14. Diagnosed and originally fixed by Johannes Schindelin.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
Paul Mackerras schrieb:
> At least put a if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "win32"} in there.
> (msysGit is a windows thing, isn't it?)
I did that.
-- Hannes
 gitk |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index b63109b..121b621 100644
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk
@@ -10898,4 +10898,9 @@ if {[info exists permviews]} {
 	addviewmenu $n
     }
 }
+
+if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "win32"} {
+    focus -force .
+}
+
 getcommits {}
-- 
1.6.1.rc3.950.g5dd2
Previous: Paul Mackerras
Message 6 of 6 in “gitk: force focus to main window”
  1. gitk: force focus to main windowJohannes Sixt, Dec 17, 2008
  2. Paul MackerrasDec 17, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2008
  4. Jeff KingDec 18, 2008
  5. Paul MackerrasDec 18, 2008
  6. gitk: force the focus to the main window on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Dec 18, 2008

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