Re: [gtkmm] emiting key release signals

[Tassos Bassoukos <abas aix meng auth gr>]

Peter Gasper wrote:
> The reason I want to do this: I have some custom hardware with keys on
> them (including a number pad and some non keyboard) and I'm trying to
> figure out how to programmically emit key press/release signals. I'm not
> spoofing events, I need to trigger them for actual key press/releases
> that are just coming from a source other than the keyboard.
>
> If I were to instead call the code triggered by on_key_release_event I
> would have to go through the pain of manually figuring out who has the
> focus and if they need to get these keys. And since some of these keys
> are number keys like on the keyboard I would have to do the same thing
> for normal widgets too. No, its much simpler just to tie my custom keys
> into the program's normal event handling. If I can do that then
> everything else will just work as normal.

Hello Peter,
Have you tried gdk_put_event ?

HTH,
Tassos