Hi Geoff

Commenting out the changes to ExStyle doesn't help :-/

It starts as WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE AND WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT and the latest version
removes WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT. Commenting out the removal has no effect on
our problem.

I was surprised that hiding and showing the form when it was in the state of
the third column highlighted but not focused caused the third column to be
focused - could it be a painting/refresh problem rather than a focus moving
problem?

Regards
Paul

> >> If the keyboard based problem (tab not going to third
> column when it
> >> should) continues let me know, but I could not reproduce
> that problem
> >> here.
> >>
> > I am surprised you cant reproduce the problem since I was
> testing with
> > a standard TIB_Grid and standard TIB_DateTimeEnh with no special
> > settings. What exactly happens when you try it? - for me the third
> > column is selected (in that it has gone blue with white
> text) but does
> > not have focus until tab is pressed again (or repaint the window by
> > hiding it with
> > another and bringing it back). Is there any point sending
> > you my demo?
>
> I just checked my email history and see that last time we
> discussed this you told me that you were using:
>
> > IBO 4.7.16, FB 1.5 SQLDialect 1, Enh 2.2.1, D6,
>
> I have been using FB 1.5 dialect 3 but dont think that will
> be effecting the tab/grid/focus problem.
>
> I do use Delphi 6, and my own copy of Enh has very little
> different to 2.2.1. So the primary difference is that I am
> still using IBO 4.6.Aa in the test set up that I was using.
> (I have been meaning to update to 4.7.16 but that is still in
> a separate/special testing configuration.)
>
> One difference I see in IBO 4.7.16 is a change to the
> TIB_CustomGrid.CreateParams procedure. See where ExStyle has
> been altered to _exclude_ WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT (in order to
> fix some other problem with context help). Try commenting
> out that line of code in your copy and see if it effects the
> focus behaviour on your grid.
>
> (Note the MS help for this option says: "The window itself
> contains child windows that should take part in dialog box
> navigation. If this style is specified, the dialog manager
> recurses into children of this window when performing
> navigation operations such as handling the TAB key, an arrow
> key, or a keyboard mnemonic.", so it seems quite likely to
> have the effect you are seeing. If that is the case we need
> to discuss the issue with Jason.)
>
> (None of the other changes in ib_grid.pas seem likely to
> effect the focus behaviour.)
>
> --
> Geoff Worboys
> Telesis Computing
>
>
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