Keyboard focus
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The gadget with keyboard focus is the current receiver of keyboard gestures and user input. Gadgets that wish to receive keyboard input should request focus when clicked:
request-focus ( gadget -- )


The following example demonstrates defining a handler for a mouse click gesture which requests focus:
my-gadget H{ { T{ button-down } [ request-focus ] } } set-gestures

To nominate a single child as the default focusable child, implement a method on a generic word:
focusable-child* ( gadget -- child/f )


Gestures are sent to a gadget when it gains or loses focus; this can be used to change the gadget's appearance, for example by displaying a border:
gain-focus

lose-focus