On Tuesday, Oct 12 1999, Sven Schulzke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I�d like an editable text field with certain behavior:
>
> 1. I want the user to be able to delete characters but not to reduce the
> number of lines when deleting text within the field.
>
> How would you script that? I tried to use the >on backspaceKey< message
> in the field script to trap messages but don�t know how the program
> should distinguish deleted characters from deleted lines.
on backSpaceKey
put word 4 of the selectedChunk into tCharNo
if charToNum(char tCharNo of me) is not 10 then pass backSpaceKey
end backSpaceKey
> 2. Similarly the user should not be allowed to add lines to the field -
> pressing the return key should take the cursor one line down in the
> field.
>
> I tried the >on returnKey< message in the field script but the syntax
> seems to be wrong:
>
> on returnKey
> send arrowKey down to me
> end returnKey
on returnInField
put word 2 of the selectedLine into tLineNo
add 1 to tLineNo
select before line tLineNo of me
end returnInField
Regards,
Kevin
> Thanks for any help
>
> ---------
> Sven
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