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2.6.1 Default Widget Focus</A>
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An important usability aspect of an application is having focus set by
default to the widget where it is most useful, so the user can start
working right away without having to tab his way through the window's
widgets. If you pay attention, when you first start the <span class="file">faren.py</span>
example, the gtk.Entry for temperature starts with the cursor focus; I've
set the "Has focus" property to True for that widget <I>in Glade</I>.
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Kiwi warning: no widget is focused in view
<__main__.FarenView instance at 0x8335444>
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<LI>Call <code>view.focus_topmost()</code>. For most forms, it makes sense
to focus the form widget most to the top and left when starting up the
application; you can use this convenience function to accomplish that.
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