X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/937013e0fd914d4c42f9f5ec98da665986b93dfa..3cfde7c049bddf6fd3b4c2e35a6b8ecdcdc1d74f:/src/gtk/textentry.cpp

diff --git a/src/gtk/textentry.cpp b/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
index f96aa09b50..99d0f12943 100644
--- a/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,16 @@ long wxTextEntry::GetLastPosition() const
 
 void wxTextEntry::SetSelection(long from, long to)
 {
-    gtk_editable_select_region(GetEditable(), from, to);
+    // in wx convention, (-1, -1) means the entire range but GTK+ translates -1
+    // (or any negative number for that matter) into last position so we need
+    // to translate manually
+    if ( from == -1 && to == -1 )
+        from = 0;
+
+    // for compatibility with MSW, exchange from and to parameters so that the
+    // insertion point is set to the start of the selection and not its end as
+    // GTK+ does by default
+    gtk_editable_select_region(GetEditable(), to, from);
 }
 
 void wxTextEntry::GetSelection(long *from, long *to) const