So, no one else has figured this one out yet either? :( If you have and ideas to pursue, please share! I'm stuck.
Cheers, Jeff --- In [email protected], "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems like there should simply be an event on a textArea > called "selectionChanged"... alas there is not. > > So here is what I've tried: > > mouseUp handler - Works great if user clicks in a textArea and drags > out a selection and lets up on the mouse inside the bounds of the > text area. BUT, if they let up outside, mouseUp doesn't fire... even > though the user continues to adjust the selection while the mouse is > outside the textArea! (it gives you that nice "line at time" style > of text selection) > > mouseOut handler - Sure, it helps when it fires as soon as the > mouse moves outside the textArea during the process of adjusting the > selection, but then it's just frozen there while the user continues > to move the mouse up and down and effect the "like at a time" style > of text selection mentioned above. > > mouseMove handler - Only works while over the textArea... > > keyUp handler - YAY, seems to be pretty foolproof for catching text > selection via the SHFT-Left Arrow and SHFT-Right Arrow. > > Isn't there an easy way to constantly listen to an objects > property... like selectionEndIndex or selectionBeginIndex??? I > assume it's getting updated while I adjust the text selection by > moving the mouse outside the textArea. > > Cheers, > Jeff > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
