[Lazarus] I can't exit this component

[Arí Ricardo Ody]

Nice explanation.

Thank you very much.

On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM Marc Weustink via lazarus <
lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> The onenter is indeed fired when the control gets focus. However if you
> show a dialog in that event, the control loses focus and gets it again when
> the dialog is closed, resulting in a loop.
> In general it is  bad coding to have much logic in onenter/onleave events
>
> I once was confronted with an app which checked if you didn't leave an
> empty mandatory edit. If so, the app set the focus back to the control you
> left. But if you navigated to the next empty mandatory edit it ran into an
> endless loop focussing both edits
>
> Marc
>
> On March 30, 2024 1:50:14 PM GMT+01:00, "Arí Ricardo Ody via lazarus" <
> lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> >I was thinking that OnEnter would refer to receiving focus. If it responds
> >to mouse movement then it is explained.
> >
> >I changed the logic to use the OnClick event in the component. Then it
> >worked.
> >
> >I see now that it was a lack of knowledge on my part.
> >
> >Thank you very much.
> >
> >On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 9:03 AM Werner Pamler via lazarus <
> >lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Am 29.03.2024 um 12:09 schrieb Arí Ricardo Ody via lazarus:
> >> > procedure TfrmGeraString.tedtNomArqMicEnter(Sender: TObject);
> >> The "Enter" in this method name indicates that you assigned the event
> >> handler to the OnEnter event of something (a button maybe). This means
> >> that whenever the mouse is moved over this button ("enter") the event
> >> fires. Usuall dialogs are displayed only when a "click" occurs, and this
> >> responsibility is in the OnClick event of the button.
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