[Tkinter-discuss] Focus for first key press

[Michael Lange]

Hi Mark,

Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com> 
unto us on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:55:00 +0100:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a couple of Tkinter applications and what I've noticed is that if
> I do Alt+F as soon as they start (i.e., for Alt+F,N for New or Alt+F,O
> for Open), the keypress is ignored! It works fine the second and all
> subsequent times.
> 
> I've tried calling focus() on the invisible root window & on the topmost
> visible window, but neither has any effect.
> 
> Can anyone tell me a solution?

I am not sure what you are actually trying to do, could you please post a
simple example that shows the problem?

Regards

Michael

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