Sketcher: Keyboard arrow keys not focusing to dynamic input box to change the value · FreeCAD/FreeCAD#22559

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Good first issueMod: SketcherStatus: ConfirmedTopic: ShortcutTopic: User InterfaceType: Feature

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Description

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Problem description

Hello everyone! When you draw something if you want to use keyboard arrow keys they are not focusing to input box instead they are panning the whole drawing

For example, if you want to make 33,73 to 3,373 you can use left arrow keys on keyboard

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e595abde-182c-4768-985f-efdd329a828c

Full version info

OS: Windows 10 build 19045
Architecture: x86_64
Version: 1.1.0dev.42564 (Git)
Build date: 2025/07/14 18:51:42
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: dc2f2374b6ab3e3381653fad125b1b619bb49f7c
Python 3.11.13, Qt 6.8.3, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.3.1, boost 1_86, Eigen3 3.4.0, PySide 6.8.3
shiboken 6.8.3, xerces-c 3.2.5, IfcOpenShell 0.8.2, OCC 7.8.1
Locale: Turkish/Türkiye (tr_TR)
Navigation Style/Orbit Style/Rotation Mode: Blender/Trackball/Drag at cursor
Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: unset/FreeCAD Classic/fusion
Logical DPI/Physical DPI/Pixel Ratio: 96/81.5973/1
Installed mods: 
  * Curves 0.6.61

Subproject(s) affected?

Sketcher

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Contributor guide

Research direction: Investigate the keyboard event handling in Sketcher's view and dynamic input widget. Trace the event propagation to see where arrow keys are captured and prevent them from reaching the input box.
Tech stack: cpppython
Domain: desktop
Issue type: Bug
Difficulty: 2
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Activity status: Active
Clarity: Clear
Prerequisites: C++Qt
Newbie friendliness: 75