If I recall correctly, I think you can do a "THIS.setfocus()" in the
"GotFocus" event. I'm pretty sure that will cause the whole thing to be
highlighted the first time a user clicks on it.
I also can't remember if this causes some oddities if the control is not
set to highlight the whole thing. So in my class code I've got the following:
IF THIS.SelectOnEntry == .T.
THIS.SetFocus()
ENDIF
HTH,
-Charlie
At 03:37 PM 7/22/2008 -0400, Vince Teachout wrote:
>Stephen Russell wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:23 PM, John J. Mihaljevic
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> They wouldn't deliberately click in the middle of the text. They just
> wanna
> >> be able to click anywhere in the field to begin their data entry. And
> when
> >> they click (for example) in the 5th character of a ten-character
> field, they
> >> run out of room after typing just six characters. They want to be at the
> >> left-most position no matter how they get into the field - clicking or
> >> tabbing.
> >>
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> > What if they type in text and reaize that it is wrong? When they
> > click on the letter, they are now at the first char()? No that isn't
> > right.
> >
> > i guess what is wrong is that you define the length on the front end.
> >
>
>My guess, based on my user's wants, is that what they actually want is
>for the whole field to be highlighted when they click it. Then they can
>just start typing, replacing whatever was their previously.
>OTOH, if the really did mean to click in the middle of a word, they
>click a second time. This is how Firefox handles the URL line, so it's
>not that unusual a procedure.
>
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