position the insertion point to the start, not end, of the selection for compatibilit...

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@55799 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

diff --git a/interface/wx/textctrl.h b/interface/wx/textctrl.h
index 3f68fa92f3f6fb72889e065d635df3f3b670bc0c..568edff93007f91fdaec7b5633dc63dee2e388ee 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/textctrl.h
+++ b/interface/wx/textctrl.h
@@ -1435,6 +1435,9 @@ public:
 
         If both parameters are equal to -1 all text in the control is selected.
 
 
         If both parameters are equal to -1 all text in the control is selected.
 

+        Notice that the insertion point will be moved to @a from by this
+        function.
+

         @param from
             The first position.
         @param to
         @param from
             The first position.
         @param to

diff --git a/src/gtk/textentry.cpp b/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
index a84c0e691ef83f0a79c3387009a321aca03774e9..99d0f129435aaf986dec8f978960c85a1d72207d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textentry.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ void wxTextEntry::SetSelection(long from, long to)
     if ( from == -1 && to == -1 )
         from = 0;
 
     if ( from == -1 && to == -1 )
         from = 0;
 

-    gtk_editable_select_region(GetEditable(), from, to);
+    // 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
 }
 
 void wxTextEntry::GetSelection(long *from, long *to) const