Focus GUIElement even though there is a modal window

[randomMesh]

I have several IGUIEditboxes in my gui.
The user can enter something, press a button and the input gets validated.

If there is an invalid input, a message box pops up (modal) and tells the user what's going on.

After the user clicked the ok button, i want to refocus this IGUIEditbox.

For this task, i catch the irr::gui::EGET_MESSAGEBOX_OK event in my eventreceiver to know which messagebox has fired the event.

To cut a long story short:

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guienv->setFocus(editBox);

returns false, because of the modal window gets removed AFTER the event is fired.

What's the best way to deal with it?

Feature request:
A temporary 'messageBox->setModal(false);' would be nice.

[hybrid]

This might be a bug in the event order, or it might be a problem in your usage of the events. However, in case of the latter there could be some improvements in the usability of modal windows, just as you pointed out. I'm moving it to the bug forum to check this one.

[randomMesh]

This might be a bug in the event order, or it might be a problem in your usage of the events.

Here's a quick test case

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#include <irrlicht.h>
 
 
class EventReceiver : public irr::IEventReceiver
{
 
public:
 
	EventReceiver(irr::IrrlichtDevice* device, irr::gui::IGUIEditBox* box) :
		device(device), box(box)
	{
 
	}
 
	virtual bool OnEvent(const irr::SEvent& event)
	{
		switch(event.EventType)
		{
			case irr::EET_GUI_EVENT:
				switch(event.GUIEvent.EventType )
				{
					case irr::gui::EGET_BUTTON_CLICKED:
					{
						bool modal = true; //set modal to false and it will work
						device->getGUIEnvironment()->addMessageBox(
							L"A messagebox", L"HAHA! The box lost the focus!", modal, irr::gui::EMBF_OK, 0, 12345678);
					}
					return true;
 
					case irr::gui::EGET_MESSAGEBOX_OK:
					{
						irr::gui::IGUIWindow* const messageBox = (irr::gui::IGUIWindow* const)event.GUIEvent.Caller;
						const irr::s32 id = messageBox->getID();
						switch(id)
						{
							case 12345678: //this must be our messagebox
							{
								bool b = device->getGUIEnvironment()->setFocus(box);
								if (b)
									printf("oki\n");
								else
									printf("naaa\n"); //ahh this is printed out!
 
								return true;
							}
 
							default: return false;
						}
					}
					break;
 
					default: return false;
				}
			break;
 
			default: return false;
		}
	}
 
private:
 
irr::IrrlichtDevice* device;
 
irr::gui::IGUIEditBox* box;
 
};
 
int main()
{
	irr::IrrlichtDevice* device = irr::createDevice();
	if (device == 0) return 1;
 
	irr::video::IVideoDriver* driver = device->getVideoDriver();
	irr::gui::IGUIEnvironment* guienv = device->getGUIEnvironment();
 
 
	irr::gui::IGUIEditBox* box = guienv->addEditBox(L"", irr::core::rect<irr::s32>(50, 50, 200, 70));
 
	irr::gui::IGUIButton* button = guienv->addButton(irr::core::rect<irr::s32>(50, 100, 200, 120), 0, -1, L"Click me");
 
	EventReceiver receiver(device, box);
	device->setEventReceiver(&receiver);
 
	guienv->setFocus(box); //here it works!
 
	while (device->run())
	{
		if (device->isWindowActive())
		{
			driver->beginScene(true, true, irr::video::SColor(255, 128, 128, 128));
			guienv->drawAll();
			driver->endScene();
		}
	}
 
	device->drop();
 
	return 0;
}

[randomMesh]

Stumbling over the same behaviour today (latest SVN trunk), i just wanted to push that ancient thread.

Is it a bug or me doing something wrong?

[CuteAlien]

I suppose it would work now if you call setVisible(false) on the messagebox (not tested). Invisible modals should no longer block and the visibility also checks for the children.

[randomMesh]

I suppose it would work now if you call setVisible(false) on the messagebox (not tested). Invisible modals should no longer block and the visibility also checks for the children.

Works like a charm, thank you.