This appears to just be for the mouse cursor. It's actually in the TextArea itself (the blinking "I" bar). I got it working by doing a this.setFocus() in the component outside of the TextArea, then it removes the focus.
--- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote: > > When the drop is made, use the CursorManager class to set the cursor... > > CursorManager.setCursor(CursorManager.NO_CURSOR); > > --- In [email protected], "gareth_arch" <gareth_arch@> wrote: > > > > OK, very close with this now. > > > > The final thing is that after I have dragged the value to the TextInputs, > > and dropped the value into them, the original TextArea still thinks the > > mouse is over it (so as you move the mouse around it looks like the mouse > > is still clicked in the TextArea and selects and deselects the text). > > > > I've tried firing mouse_click and mouse_out events from the TextArea, or > > setting the begin and end indices to 0, but nothing seems to stop it from > > "thinking" the mouse is still clicked in the TextArea. > > > > --- In [email protected], "gareth_arch" <gareth_arch@> wrote: > > > > > > Our end user is wanting us to try to build something where they can drag > > > text from the left side (in a TextArea) to TextInput boxes on the right > > > hand side. > > > > > > I've tried some different ways to try to accomplish this: > > > > > > Making the TextArea draggable - This then prevents using the mouse to > > > highlight the text because as soon as you start to select the text, you > > > are now dragging the textarea. > > > > > > Trying to get the selected text, but it gets deselected as soon as you > > > "re-click" the selected text. > > > > > > My latest solution (which I thought *might* be OK with the end user) is > > > adding a mouse_up listener to the textarea, which then adds the selected > > > text to a variable. The user can then double click the TextInput box, > > > and the previously selected text is added to the TextInput.text This got > > > an "ah, hmm" from our end user, so I'm trying to figure out something > > > else, or this will be it :) > > > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to keep the text selected "on re-click"...so > > > highlight text with mouse, left click on selected text (text stays > > > highlighted), and then I can use the DragManager and some finagling to > > > get the text to the TextInputs hopefully. Only problem is, as soon as I > > > re-click, the selected text is deselected. Any way to prevent this from > > > happening (or any other solutions that someone might have are always > > > welcome)? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > >
