I’ve got a view that is used as an embedded view on a “main” view. The purpose of this view is to allow the operator to enter work order (Int8), part number (string), and quantity (int4) values. The values are all input as strings in a text field component (they are validated and converted to the proper data type elsewhere). The entry can be via manual input or barcode scan. Once entered a button is pressed to validate the data and set view parameters as required. Since the same embedded view is used to enter all 3 data values, I clear the text field and try to set the focus back on that component. Here is what I am doing:
onStartup event script for the embedded view:
system.perspective.sendMessage("focus", payload={'source': 'onStartup'}, scope="view")
self.session.custom.valueEntryType = self.params.mode
the “focus” message handler:
import util
ln = 'valEnt_focus'
session = self.session
if 'source' in payload.keys():
source = payload['source']
else:
source = 'UNKNOWN'
util.log(ln, 'Focus Message Handler called from %s.' %(source), session)
txtManual = self.getChild("flex_manual").getChild("txt_manual")
txtManual.props.text = ''
txtManual.focus()
On startup this seems to work OK. The text field gets the focus and an operator can simply start typing in the Work Order number.
After clicking the “submit” button, I process the WO number and call the “focus” message handler again, but this does NOT re-focus on the text field.
I’m calling this from a Project Library script and the message hander is being executed as I see the resulting log entry.
Here is the library script’ relevant code:
payload['source'] = 'setWorkOrder'
system.perspective.sendMessage('focus', payload=payload, scope='session')
The message handler is configured for all 3 scopes (session, page, and view)
The resulting log entry from the message handler script looks like I’d expect:
Focus Message Handler called from setWorkOrder.
One thing to note. I’m running this session in Chrome and have the Gateway Log page on a separate tab in the same browser session. After I’ve entered the WO and pressed submit (and the text field did NOT re-focus), if I go to the Gateway Log tab to check the log message, when I tab back to the Perspective session, the text field is focused.
Any ideas what I’m doing wrong here?