Well I thought it was a question of timing so I tried doLater() and setInterval(), and it wasn't working. When tracing the text length in the second function called by doLater, it was showing the right value, grrrrr!! Then I tried with static text "23." in the field and setSelection(0,3) and that was working, so I guessed it was just the component not redrawing fast enough, then I tried redraw(), and voilàààà redraw() has saved me a few times already in datagrid and others, sometimes invalidate() do the job too.
Philippe Maegerman -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Niklas Richardson Sent: mercredi 10 août 2005 15:49 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem Yeah, I just found that if you split the two commands into separate functions, and associate them with the click event on two bottons. Then pressing the first button (to add the dot) and then pressing the second button (to select the end of the string), then it works. Nice find on the redraw(). What made you think of that? If you set the first number in setSelection() then it will just give you a single caret rather than selection the whole text. Like Allen suggested earlier. This is the code I used to get it working (using your redraw() trick Philippe). You don't need to use the FocusManager then either (okay, so you only save one line!!!!). myText.text = myText.text + '.'; myText.redraw(); Selection.setFocus("myText"); Selection.setSelection(myText.text.length, myText.text.length); Cheers Niklas On 10/08/05, Philippe Maegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't ask me how I found it, I tried all kind of things like > setInterval, doLater etc ... > > MyTextField.text = MyTextField.text + "."; MyTextField.redraw(); var > fm = getFocusManager(); fm.setFocus(MyTextField); > Selection.setSelection(0,MyTextField.text.length) > > Enjoy++ > > Philippe Maegerman > Web developer > +32 2 400 40 39 > +32 472 35 28 10 > Avoir des rêves, c'est continuer d'exister... > > > ________________________________ > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mika Kiljunen > Sent: mercredi 10 août 2005 15:27 > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > > > > > You wish...but no, does not work (already tried it) L > > > > -Mika > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Philippe Maegerman > Sent: 10. elokuuta 2005 16:16 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > > > MyTextField.text.length+1 maybe ;) > > > > Philippe Maegerman > > ________________________________ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mika Kiljunen > Sent: mercredi 10 août 2005 14:47 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > Thanks, but it won't help. If I type in "23" my handler adds a dot to > it and the text becomes "23." > > Your code sets the "23" selected and caret is there (not after the > added dot as it should be), the thing is that it should show 23. and > caret after that, and no selection. > > > > -Mika > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Philippe Maegerman > Sent: 10. elokuuta 2005 15:35 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > > > var fm = getFocusManager(); > fm.setFocus(MyTextField); > Selection.setSelection(0,MyTextField.text.length) > > > Philippe Maegerman > > > ________________________________ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Allen Manning > Sent: mercredi 10 août 2005 14:32 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > Mika, > > > > Have you looked at: > > > > Selection.setSelection(stringLength,stringLength) > > > > > > HTH, > > Allen > > www.prismix.com/ > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mika Kiljunen > Sent: 10 August 2005 13:25 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Caret positioning problem > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to set the caret to the end of the textfield. I have a > keyUp event handler that adds the dot "." automatically for the text > entered. The problem is that when the dot is added by actionscript the > caret stays behind the added dot while typing, so the dot gets > misplaced and the typing comes out wrong. How can I position the caret > AFTER the autoinserted dot? 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