Keyboard lost control for multiple windows in wxPython

Scripting Issues
1

Hi, I needed some help. I created a panda program, which will dock two panda window in a wxFrame. However, when I created the second window to be docked into the wxFrame, all my keyboard key event seemed to be lost, i.e. I cannot control by using keyboard (which I already have code using self.accept, etc.)

Is this just window properties problem where the new window taking control over the default window?

Thanks for the help, and happy new year!

2

Hi, I guess I should post the code:

# docking the Panda view into pandaPanel
        base.windowType = 'onscreen'
        winProps = WindowProperties.getDefault()
        winProps.setParentWindow(self.pandaPanel.GetHandle())
        winProps.setOrigin(0,0)
        base.openDefaultWindow(props=winProps)
        # docking the fixedView into fixedViewPanel
        winProps2 = WindowProperties.getDefault()
        winProps2.setParentWindow(self.fixedViewPanel.GetHandle())
        winProps2.setOrigin(0,0)
        winProps2.setSize(325,200)
        base.openWindow(winProps2)
3

Do you mean this case :
discourse.panda3d.org/viewtopic.php?t=4589 ??

4

something similiar, but actually I docked inside the wxPanel, instead of the MDI child. If creating only one panda window and dock it inside a wxPanel (which is the defaultWindow), I am fine and can use the keyboard. But when a new window is created to host another camera view, I will have problem.

So, is it the same? And also, enabling mouse also means enabling keyboard?

5

Well, I kind of fix the problem by re-opening the defaultWindow again, which is shown in the code below:

# docking the Panda view into pandaPanel
        base.windowType = 'onscreen'
        winProps = WindowProperties.getDefault()
        winProps.setParentWindow(self.pandaPanel.GetHandle())
        winProps.setOrigin(0,0)
        base.openDefaultWindow(props=winProps)
        
        # docking the fixedView into fixedViewPanel
        winProps2 = WindowProperties()
        winProps2.setParentWindow(self.fixedViewPanel.GetHandle())
        winProps2.setOrigin(0,0)
        winProps2.setSize(325,200)
        base.openWindow(props=winProps2)
        
        # reopening the default window to get keyboard input
        base.openDefaultWindow(props=winProps)

However, now I faced the other problem is that whenever I lost focus of the whole program, for example I minimize the main wxFrame, I will loose focus again. I guess I will need some wx binding on the wxFrame get focus, then re-open the main panda window again.

Is there any better option out there?

6

Yes, as discussed in the thread that ynjh_jo linked to. It sounds exactly like the problem you’re reporting, which has nothing to do with wxWidgets or anything; it’s not even a problem with “losing focus”. It’s just that, in order to receive button events for the keyboard and mouse buttons within a window, you need to have the appropriate Panda constructs in place to listen for them.

David