SetActiveGadget()

Syntax

SetActiveGadget(#Gadget)

Activates (sets the keyboard focus on) the gadget specified by the given gadget number. Activating a gadget allows it to become the current object to receive messages and handle keystrokes. The gadget needs to be actually displayed, it won't work if the window containing the gadget is hidden.

Parameters

#Gadget

The gadget to activate.

Return value

None.

Example

  Procedure ActivateStringGadgetEvent()
    SetActiveGadget(0)   ; Activate StringGadget
  EndProcedure
  
  Procedure ActivateComboBoxGadgetEvent()
    SetActiveGadget(1)   ; Activate ComboBoxGadget
  EndProcedure
  
  If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 270, 140, "SetActiveGadget", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
    StringGadget  (0, 10, 10, 250, 20, "bla bla...")
    ComboBoxGadget(1, 10, 40, 250, 21)
    For a = 1 To 5 : AddGadgetItem(1, -1, "ComboBox item " + Str(a)) : Next
    SetGadgetState(1, 2)                ; set (beginning with 0) the third item as active one
    ButtonGadget  (2, 10,  90, 250, 20, "Activate StringGadget")
    ButtonGadget  (3, 10, 115, 250, 20, "Activate ComboBox")
    
    BindGadgetEvent(2, @ActivateStringGadgetEvent())
    BindGadgetEvent(3, @ActivateComboBoxGadgetEvent())
  EndIf

See Also

GetActiveGadget(), SetActiveWindow()

Supported OS

All