Input Focus (Was Re: Windows)

[Dan Christensen]

In article <8905170356.AA12077 at aero4.larc.nasa.gov> blbates at AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates TAD/TAB ms294 x42854") writes:
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>    I have been told that you CAN direct the input focus to a window OTHER
>than the one under the cursor, the person who told me, however, has never
>tried it and he doesn't care to either.  I can see reasons to do it both
>ways.  I have some aplications that I NEED to fix input focus even though
>the cursor is over a different window.  Other times the other way would be
>nice.
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>
>	Brent L. Bates

This can be done, although it may not be quite what you want.  All you
have to do is put the tracker in the window that you want to have the
input focus and then hold down a mouse button or a key on the keyboard.
Until you let go, the input focus will remain in the same window.

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Dan Christensen, Computer Graphics Lab,	         jdchrist at watcgl.uwaterloo.ca
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.	         jdchrist at watcgl.waterloo.edu