wxStyledTextCtrl problem ?

[Josiah Carlson]

Paul Robson <autismuk at autismuk.muralichucks.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I have a wierd thing with a little editor app I'm writing.
> 
> I'm using wxStyledTextCtrl ; the wrapper for Scintilla. When I create the
> frame in wxPython, I use self.Editor.SetFocus() to put the focus initially
> on the editor.
> 
> This works fine.
> 
> Odd thing is though, switching back and forwards between applications
> alternately hides and reappears the caret.
> 
> Hit Alt-Tab twice and it disappears
> Hit Alt-Tab twice and it comes back.
> 
> It still works fine - there's just no caret. I've tried various things in
> EVT_ACTIVATE including Moving the Caret on screen, and forcing it to be
> visible - they are being called but it makes no difference.
> 
> Any ideas ?

I don't know why the problem you are having happens, but I would just
make a call to self.Editor.SetFocus() on an EVT_ACTIVATE event.

 - Josiah