Using TAB not working properly in document metadata panel

[Alex Kovac]

Inkscape 0.48+devel r10582
iMac, Snow Leopard, X11 v2.6.3

Clicking TAB in any of the Document Metadata panel text entry boxes will switch cursor to the next text entry box. BUG: Clicking TAB in 'Description' or 'Contributors' text entry box switches focus back to the main Inkscape window (if you type Z, for instance, you will see that the Zoom tool is activated).

TAB should work consistently in all text entry boxes and switch to the next text entry box.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Reproduced with 0.48.2 and 0.48+devel r10624 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (i386)

[Christoffer Holmstedt (christoffer-holmstedt)]

I will take a closer look at this. Still the same problem in current trunk.

[Christoffer Holmstedt (christoffer-holmstedt)]

I'm trying to set focus chain to be as expected but it doesn't take effect. I created a simple test project available on github that do work. One possibility is the more complex gui of inkscape overrides the set_focus_chain that I call from document-properties.cpp. Another possiblity is that set_focus_chain has to be set for the entire inkscape interface to make it work in the metadata properties tab but that is not a viable solution imo. I will have to take a closer look on this with a fresh mindset later on.

https://github.com/christofferholmstedt/cplusplus11/tree/master/gtkmmSetFocusChain

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Same issue with Inkscape preferences > System > System info.

As soon as the cursor reaches a Gtk::ScrolledWindow, the tab key jumps to the parent window.

[Christoffer Holmstedt (christoffer-holmstedt)]

Interesting that the problem exists in more places, that might make it easier to track down the bug. I haven't prioritized to look at this so I've removed myself as assigne so anyone else can look at it.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

> Same issue with Inkscape preferences > System > System info.

Tested again today, and it appears that it's not the case with System info. I first thought the left column was selected but the cursor was hidden at the bottom of the ScrolledWindow (I had to scroll to see it).

Thus I confirm it only affects the metadata panel.

Sorry for the erroneous comment.