--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Worboys <geoff@t...> wrote:

> Hi Dany,
>
> > Since 4.5Ai I have a strange problem. If a grid does not
> > currently have focus and I click on the grid the current
> > row (correct column) gets the editor.
>
> In your ib_grids.pas unit find:
>
> procedure TIB_CustomGrid.CMEnter( var Message: TCMEnter );
> var
> AGridCoord: TGridCoord;
> begin
> inherited;
> // It seems a pity to call this on every entry, its only needed
> // on the first time after the lookup dataset has been prepared.
> // Without this the tabstop may not have been initialised properly.
> UpdateColumnAttributes;
>
> // When freshly entering the grid the focused cell is likely not

properly

> // initialized. Especially with the use of embedded controls.
> FFocusedCell.X := -1;
> FFocusedCell.Y := -1;
>
> AGridCoord.X := Col;
> AGridCoord.Y := Row;
> SetFocusedCell( AGridCoord );
> //?? if not PositionControl( Col, Row, CellRect( Col, Row )) then
> //?? SysUpdateEditor;
> end;
>
>
> In the above you will see where I have commented out '//??' the
> last two lines - removing the PositionControl and SysUpdateEditor
> calls. This seems to solve the problem.

This corrects the problem, but it also breaks another fix that Jason
put into 4.5. When you tab into an empty grid the app will not show
where the focus is at. This is not good UI and unacceptable for some
impared users. I suppose it will also creates problems with
screenreading software, (but that project has not started for real yet).

That is <probably> why Jason put the code in. Tab into an empty grid
where there's embedded controls. Without the comment you will
immidiately see where the focus went. With the comment (or version
4.3) the focus seems to dissapear until you press Alt.

> Please note: TIB_Edit (the non Enh editor) is not really designed
> to be dropped onto a grid (it does not implement the grid interface
> needed to behave consistently) - because it has much the same
> features as the inplace editor. TIB_ComboBox (the non Enh combo) is
> designed to be dropped onto TIB_Grid and it would have experienced
> the same problems as you saw with TIB_EditEnh (and all other
> Enh controls).

I did not know that but I often wondered what the use was with
embedding TIB_Edits.

>
> Jason,
>
> The problem is that in TIB_CustomGrid.MouseDown one of the first
> things to happen is a call to AcquireFocus. Note that this
> happens BEFORE the Col and Row values are to the position of the
> click. AcquireFocus results in a call to .CMEnter (as shown
> above), in which case the grid editor (either the dropped one
> if PositionControl works, or the InplaceEditor if SysUpdateEditor
> is called) is shown at the OLD col and row position. As a result
> of being shown the editor receives focus - removing focus from
> the Grid itself and making AcquireFocus return false.
>
> So I am not sure exactly why you added these lines in v4.5, but
> they are causing problems and need to be reviewed.
>

See above :)

/Dany