docs: Some revisions of the input overview

Remove some less than accurate details, and add
an illustration.

diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/images/capture-bubble.png b/docs/reference/gtk/images/capture-bubble.png
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diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/input-handling.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/input-handling.xml
index 4a313b08aeb4fad553b8d1a94686ebc8866318d0..8748148a452726355af002b9504dbce43057c182 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/input-handling.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/input-handling.xml
@@ -61,16 +61,9 @@
     </para>
     <para>
      GDK translates these raw windowing system events into #GdkEvents.
-     Typical input events are:
-     <simplelist>
-       <member>button clicks</member>
-       <member>pointer motion</member>
-       <member>key presses</member>
-       <member>focus changes</member>
-       <member>touch events</member>
-     </simplelist>
-     These are all represented as #GdkEvents, but you can differentiate
-     between different events by looking at their type, using
+     Typical input events are button clicks, pointer motion, key presses
+     or touch events. These are all represented as #GdkEvents, but you can
+     differentiate between different events by looking at their type, using
      gdk_event_get_event_type().
     </para>
     <para>
@@ -103,34 +96,7 @@
         location change from one widget to another.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        Then the event is pushed onto a stack so you can query the currently
-        handled event with gtk_get_current_event().
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        The event is sent to a widget. If a grab is active all events for widgets
-        that are not in the contained in the grab widget are sent to the latter
-        with a few exceptions:
-        <itemizedlist>
-          <listitem><para>
-            Deletion and destruction events are still sent to the event widget for
-            obvious reasons.
-          </para></listitem>
-          <listitem><para>
-            Events which directly relate to the visual representation of the event
-            widget.
-          </para></listitem>
-          <listitem><para>
-            Leave events are delivered to the event widget if there was an enter
-            event delivered to it before without the paired leave event.
-          </para></listitem>
-          <listitem><para>
-            Drag events are not redirected because it is unclear what the semantics
-            of that would be.
-          </para></listitem>
-        </itemizedlist>
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        After finishing the delivery the event is popped from the event stack.
+        The event is sent to widgets.
       </para></listitem>
     </orderedlist>
 
@@ -139,6 +105,14 @@
       (see #GtkPropagationPhase) towards a target widget.
     </para>
 
+    <informalfigure>
+      <mediaobject>
+        <imageobject>
+          <imagedata fileref="capture-bubble.png" format="PNG"/>
+        </imageobject>
+      </mediaobject>
+    </informalfigure>
+
     <para>
       For key events, the top-level window gets a first shot at activating
       mnemonics and accelerators. If that does not consume the events,
@@ -224,6 +198,14 @@
     <para>
       GTK has traditionally supported different kinds of shortcuts:
       <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>Accelerators</term>
+          <listitem><para>
+            Accelerators are any other shortcuts that can be activated regardless
+            of where the focus is, and typically trigger global actions, such as
+            Ctrl-Q to quit an application.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Mnmemonics</term>
           <listitem><para>
@@ -242,16 +224,12 @@
             triggered when the widget has focus.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
-        <varlistentry>
-          <term>Accelerators</term>
-          <listitem><para>
-            Accelerators are any other shortcuts that can be activated regardless
-            of where the focus is, and typically trigger global actions, such as
-            Ctrl-Q to quit an application.
-          </para></listitem>
-        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
     </para>
+    <para>
+      GTK traditionally handles accelerators and mnemonics in a global scope,
+      during the capture phase, and key bindings locally, during the target phase.
+    </para>
     <para>
       Under the hood, all shortcuts are represented as instances of #GtkShortcut,
       and they are managed by #GtkShortcutController.

diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/meson.build b/docs/reference/gtk/meson.build
index 8b66214e2071a8c638df02e09f262d8b86723aed..d279fed31572eac963b670e46c8e1f9393b95fcb 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/meson.build
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ images = [
   'images/box-packing.png',
   'images/builder-shortcuts.png',
   'images/button.png',
+  'images/capture-bubble.png',
   'images/check-button.png',
   'images/checks.png',
   'images/clocks-shortcuts.png',