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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: focus.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:22:56 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: focus.n,v 1.3 2004/06/18 21:26:09 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH focus n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ if the most recent focus window has been deleted, then the name
of the top-level is returned. The return value is the window that
will receive the input focus the next time the window manager gives
the focus to the top-level.
-
.SH "QUIRKS"
.PP
When an internal window receives the input focus, Tk doesn't actually
@@ -108,6 +107,31 @@ focus were on the internal window. This approach gets around a
number of problems that would occur if the X focus were actually moved;
the fact that the X focus is on the top-level is invisible unless
you use C code to query the X server directly.
+.SH "EXAMPLE"
+To make a window that only participates in the focus traversal ring
+when a variable is set, add the following bindings to the widgets
+\fIbefore\fR and \fIafter\fR it in that focus ring:
+.CS
+button .before -text "Before"
+button .middle -text "Middle"
+button .after -text "After"
+checkbutton .flag -variable traverseToMiddle -takefocus 0
+pack .flag -side left
+pack .before .middle .after
+bind .before <Tab> {
+ if {!$traverseToMiddle} {
+ \fBfocus\fR .after
+ break
+ }
+}
+bind .after <Shift-Tab> {
+ if {!$traverseToMiddle} {
+ \fBfocus\fR .before
+ break
+ }
+}
+\fBfocus\fR .before
+.CE
.SH KEYWORDS
events, focus, keyboard, top-level, window manager