Jan,
That explains what I have experienced as well. After chiming in, I tested my scrolling region and found that is the case. Left to right, highlighted. Row to row, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Thanks for the explanation. James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan johansen Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 9:52 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Forms - selecting field contents Phillip, I believe that this is the way scrolling regions work in 9.5 Hoping Razzak will chime in if I'm wrong (he will). When you use F8 or F9 to move between rows, you are not leaving the field even though you are in a different row so AUTOSELECT doesn't work. AUTOSELECT does work when moving left/right or right/left within the same row. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Phillip or Anna Cecil <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:01:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Forms - selecting field contents Thanks. Autoselect is already selected for my field. When I open the form, first field is completely selected. If I press [F8], I am advanced to the next row, nothing is highlighted and the cursor is in front of the field. If I press [F8], I am advanced to the next row and, this time, the entire field's contents are highlighted. The occurs for each [F8] I press till I get to bottom. If I press [F7], I am advanced back a row and the entire field is highlighted till I get the first row displayed and again, nothing is highlighted and the cursor is setting in front of the field's contents. Any ideas? From: Jim Belisle <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:07 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Forms - selecting field contents Phillip, From the HELP for form properties: Autoselect Specifies that entire field will be selected (highlighted) when user lands on this I believe this is the answer you are looking for. In the form field, right click then go to the properties tab. Near the bottom under the Attributes make sure you check the autoselect box. As RAZZAK says, that's all there is to it! James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Phillip or Anna Cecil Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 6:55 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Forms - selecting field contents We converted a test database form 7.6 to 9.5. In 7.6, when the user is in a scrolling region in a form, if they press [F8] to advance to the next row, the contents of the focused field is completely selected allowing them to press [Delete] if they wish to clear the field's contents. In 9.5, this does not occur. Is there a setting that controls this? If so, can someone tell us where to find it and set it so that we get the functionality we are expecting? Thank you very much, Phillip Cecil Wayne County Anesthesia Association Goldsboro, NC
