can't get focus in grid

[bug_hunter@…]

Hello. This construction can't get focus to urwid.Edit.

import urwid as u

...

u.Columns( [
    u.Text("HABA", align='left'),
    u.AttrWrap( urwid.Edit(  ('editcp',"test"), "666.66.66.66/24" ), 'editbx', 'editfc'  ),
    ]),

...

But this works great:

u.Columns( [
    u.AttrWrap( urwid.Edit(  ('editcp',"test"), "666.66.66.66/24" ), 'editbx', 'editfc'  ),
    u.AttrWrap( urwid.Edit(  ('editcp',"test"), "666.66.66.66/24" ), 'editbx', 'editfc'  ),
    ]),

Sorry if i'm not right.

[ian]

Try:

u.Columns( [
    u.Text("HABA", align='left'),
    u.AttrWrap( urwid.Edit(  ('editcp',"test"), "666.66.66.66/24" ), 'editbx', 'editfc'  ),
    ], focus_column=1),

Explanation: Composite widgets (like Columns) don't search for selectable widgets they contain, you have to tell them which widget you want in focus. They default to the first item, and if it isn't selectable then the whole composite widget won't be selectable.

I'll try to document this better.

[ian]

On second thought, the default behaviour is counterintuitive.

I should make the default behaviour for Columns, Pile and ListBox "select the first selectable widget" when they are created.

[ian]

Fixed in r99.