[comp.windows.x.motif] Keyboard input from one dialog to another.

bcotton@cyclone.mitre.org (R. T. Cotton) (04/02/91)

Hello all,

I am writing an application that will use a touch panel instead
of a mouse for input.  And because of space limitations it would be nice
not to have a keyboard either, so why not have a keyboard map to the 
screen whenever the user has to input something? Well I have the keyboard,
a bank of pushbuttons, in a form dialog, and it maps the the screen nicely, 
 but how do I simulate "real" keyboard entry into a bank of 
text fields??

Generating the input would not be so hard, but if the dialog that contains 
the keyboard  
has the input focous, how do you get the input to the currently active text field?

This would not be as big of a problem, but there are possibly serveral different 
windows where input is needed, not just one.

Any help on this would be appreciated,
Thanks.

Bob Cotton
bcotton@cyclone.mitre.org