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[Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 5:36 am
by Danilo
Somehow i can‘t use the Return key. Not inside the editor gadget and not with keyboard shortcuts.
SpiderBasic 3.20 (arm64) macOS, Web target.
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Procedure MenuEvents()
Debug "Menu event: " + EventMenu()
EndProcedure
If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 295, 260, "CTRL+F / RETURN Shortcut", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_SizeGadget | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
EditorGadget(0, 8, 8, 206, 133)
SetGadgetText(0, "This is a multiline text to edit" + #LF$ +
"in the EditorGadget()." + #LF$ +
"Third line")
AddKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_Control | #PB_Shortcut_F, 15)
;AddKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_Return, 16)
;AddKeyboardShortcut(0, #PB_Shortcut_F5, 17)
BindEvent(#PB_Event_Menu, @MenuEvents())
EndIf
;While WaitWindowEvent()<>#PB_Event_CloseWindow:Wend
Re: Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:06 am
by Danilo
It‘s working when compiled to an web app.
It‘s the WebView panel inside the IDE that doesn‘t work correctly.
Now i can‘t test and develop my app using F5 compilation inside the IDE, i need to create a webapp every time.
I had a feature request to make the WebView panel undockable, so i could move it to another display (like the debug window).
Maybe it can be fixed, so keys (Return, F5) work correctly inside the WebView.
In this case it would be nice when external windows (debugger) would remember the monitor they were opened on last time.
Re: Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 6:58 am
by Fred
You're right, it will be fixed in the next version as ChrisR did a patch for it (for PureBasic but it solves this issue actually)
https://github.com/fantaisie-software/p ... c/pull/368
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:24 am
by Danilo
Thanks Fred! That probably means for SpiderBasic IDE WebView panel:
- When the WebView tool gets focus, all SB IDE keyboard shortcuts need to be removed (inkl. F5, F6, etc.), not only Scintilla.
- When the WebView tool lost focus, all SB IDE keyboard shortcuts need to be set again
Within the WebView we are displaying/running/testing/debugging our own apps and we need all keys for our apps.
I understand the problem now, thanks! The WebView panel must be like a sandbox for our apps, no influence from the SB IDE.
Maybe it would be nice to have the webview as own app. When we press F5 within SB IDE, an external tool window opens and displays the app.
A small server with WebView, written in PureBasic.
It would also be nice when the webview panel would not loose focus when the IDE debugger window opens.
Something like „open debugger window, but don‘t activate the window“. Focus stays in WebView panel, or focus gets back to webview panel after debug window opened.
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:40 am
by Fred
you can make the window floating if you want, or remove it completely, then it will use your browser instead
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:47 am
by Danilo
Fred wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:40 am
you can make the window floating if you want, or remove it completely, then it will use your browser instead
How to make the tool windows floating? I didn’t see that in options, right-click-menu, documentation.
Dragging the [WebView] Tab doesn‘t work. Is there a secret way to make it floating?
I‘m new here, sorry. Do PB/SB support docking now?
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:53 am
by Fred
You go in preferences -> tool panel and your remove it from the tool panel. Then when you select menu Tools -> WebView, it should open as floating. It's a general behaviour for all tools
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00 am
by Danilo
Fred wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:53 am
You go in preferences -> tool panel and your remove it from the tool panel. Then when you select menu Tools -> WebView, it should open as floating. It's a general behaviour for all tools
Thanks! Now the <Return> key suddenly works in my floating app.
The floating window just doesn‘t remember it‘s position on monitor 3. It always opens on the main monitor (1).
Okay, much better now with floating window!
Any chance to remove the white border for the webview panel? Doesn‘t fit in a dark OS theme.
Re: [Done] Return key not working?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 2:08 pm
by Fred
