If I put this into the main program:
class MyTextInput(TextInput):
def on_focus(self, *args, **kwargs):
print("Yay!", args, kwargs)
And this into the kv file:
#: import MyTextInput __main__.MyTextInput
MyTextInput:
id: e_birth_date
text: ""
size_hint_x: 1
Then the behaviour is correct, this is printed whenever the text input gets or looses the focus:
Yay! (<__main__.MyTextInput object at 0x0CC1B8B8>, True) {}
Yay! (<__main__.MyTextInput object at 0x0CC1B8B8>, False) {}
However, this does not work at all:
TextInput:
id: e_birth_date
text: ""
size_hint_x: 1
on_focus = root.on_field_focus(*args)
Kivy refuses to compile the .kv file with this message:
kivy.lang.parser.ParserException: Parser: File "C:\not_telling\app.kv", line 185:
...
183: text: ""
184: size_hint_x: 1
>> 185: on_focus = root.on_field_focus(*args)
186: TextInput:
187: id: e_phone
...
Invalid property name
Why? Is this a bug?
UPDATE: Changed the title so that others can find this easily (as it turned out, it has nothing to do with that particular property name).