[pygtk] Need to control cursor position in selected text of gtk.Entry

[Timo]

On 26-02-11 18:14, Gary Jaffe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a gtk.Entry in which I place a code followed by a description. 
>  The user enters the code, and I do a keyed lookup and place the code 
> + description of that code in the gtk.Entry and move focus to the next 
> gtk.Entry.
>
> If the user made a mistake and wants to enter a different code in the 
> first gtk.Entry, I select the entire text of the gtk.Entry when I see 
> it grabbing focus so the user doesn't have to delete all the old text 
> that's in the gtk.Entry.  His first key stroke will do that.
>
> But there's a problem.  If the code + description is too long, gtk 
> will move the cursor position to the end of the text when I select the 
> whole text, hiding the code that is in error.  If I then move the 
> cursor to the beginning of the text, that will un-select the text.
>
> So, is there a way to select the entire text of a gtk.Entry that's too 
> long to show all of it, and have gtk show the beginning of the text 
> rather than the end?

Doesn't a set_position(0) show the start of the text? Then do a 
select_region(0, -1) to select the entire text.
While looking at the docs, I just noticed the set_cursor_hadjustment() 
method [0] which might be of use. I never used it before though.

Cheers,
Timo

[0] 
http://library.gnome.org/devel/pygtk/stable/class-gtkentry.html#method-gtkentry--set-cursor-hadjustment
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
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