On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:44:44 +0100
Claude Heiland-Allen
Perhaps it's a terminology confusion: in GTK, "activate" for an entry means "pressing return key". This program works fine for me, pressing return prints the text I entered in the box:
----8<---- import Graphics.UI.Gtk
main :: IO () main = do initGUI window <- windowNew entry <- entryNew set window [ containerBorderWidth := 10, containerChild := entry ] entry `on` entryActivate $ putStrLn =<< entryGetText entry onDestroy window mainQuit widgetShowAll window mainGUI ----8<----
yes that's part of the problem - I thought that tabbing through the fields should be an "activate" event. still I had some other problem, and I'm not sure what it was. however thanks to your example I now have the dialog working as it should. thanks very much ! Brian