On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:54:26 +0530 "Harinandan S" <harinandans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Both the APIs set the focus to a widget if the mouse pointer is over the >window containing the widget. Hovewer in my case mouse is not there and >hence focus is not going to that window. Is there any other way to get the >focus? > >gtk_widget_grab_focus(widget) >gtk_window_set_focus (window, widget); > >Regards, >Harinandan S Search thru http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkWidget.html for the word 'global'. finding: gtk_widget_is_focus () and gtk_widget_grab_default () Also, your window manager has some settings on how screen focus is handled. You might be looking for a global keyboard grab? It will completely grab the keyboard for your app. See http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/stable/gdk-General.html and search for gdk_keyboard_grab () Can you provide a simple code example explaining/showing what you want? zentara -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. http://zentara.net/Remember_How_Lucky_You_Are.html _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list