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text fields in app don't allow input when running Cygwin X
- From: KM <info4km at yahoo dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:39:42 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: text fields in app don't allow input when running Cygwin X
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- Reply-to: KM <info4km at yahoo dot com>
I have an application that I have always compiled on Linux and then invoked via X Windows with my installed Cygwin X. Basically use a shortcut to startwin.exe (full command is C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe ). This always started my X server in the background (no root window, or invisible root window), and still does. All I had to do is log into my server, export my DISPLAY and start the app.
However I have recompiled my application with java 7 and now all of the radio buttons, buttons, scrollbars, and checkboxes, etc. all still work as before. The only thing that does NOT work is a text field. I can not get the focus of the mouse in there, nor can I change or enter any data in those fields.
When I start Cygwin x from the Cygwin xterminal in a windowed env (e.g. starx from command line), and export my DISPLAY on the server, the application works, but is contained within the root window. I never had to do it this way before and it looks slightly different, no separate window borders etc.
We also use Reflection for an X server - that seems to run the recompiled application fine.
Any ideas? Also I apologize if I'm not saying this quite right! Thanks for any help. If you need more info let me know.
KM
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