tk - entry box + autofocus

[MatthewCallaghan]

Hi there!

Glad to find a community for tk/tcl!

I'm hoping someone can help me with this...I'm sure it's very simple, but I can't seem to find the right command.

I'm looking for the command to AUTOFOCUS the "typing cursor" into an entry box.
(e.g. When one presses "Ctrl+F" in firefox, the find dialogue pops up, and typing immediately goes into the "Find:" entry box.)

So far I've tried :

$myEntryBox selection range 0 end

This simply highlights the text...but doesn't place the cursor in the box until the user clicks in it.

I've also tried:

$myEntryBox icursor 0

But this only works if there is text already in there...i'm starting with an empty entry box...

Does anyone know how I can do this?

Thank you very much for your time

~Matt

 

[MatthewCallaghan]

OH!

I found it.
Apparently focus commands aren't available to the widget itself, but from "focus".

SOLUTION:

focus $myEntryBox

Simple!