Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-02-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Ah. I should’ve thought of that. I tried years ago to create a kind of kiosk app that used a web browser thinking I could put transparent buttons over top of the browser object, but as soon as the browser object got focus, I could no longer click buttons. The first click worked then nothing

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-31 Thread Andrew at MidWest Coast Media via use-livecode
It turns out that this bug was actually another bug manifesting itself. There was a rogue browser widget (not visible) hiding in another group on the card gobbling up keystrokes on Windows platform. https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19023

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-29 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Andrew: > I can’t add a breakpoint because the Remote Debugger > will take focus from the standalone Behold the power of the log file: Logs DOMINATE standalone debugging for all but the simplest issues. They don't affect focus, either. (Remote Debugger is cool, but like most things, has big

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-29 Thread Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode
Andrew, are you using Parallels/Windows for testing? I just saw something somewhat similar where I suddenly couldn’t paste into a field; typing did work (Windows 10 running in Parallels, in IDE, not runtime). I went to Parallels’ settings for Windows, unchecked and rechecked “Share clipboard”

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-29 Thread Andrew at MidWest Coast Media via use-livecode
> - add a keydown handler in the field. Is it received? This is received under the same circumstances described before. I can’t add a breakpoint because the Remote Debugger will take focus from the standalone, which is one of the known workarounds. If I add an answer “foo” the focus is

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Try comparing the properties of a group that works with the one that doesn't. Also compare individual field properties, in particular check the traversalOn, autoHilite, and lockText. That alone wouldn't explain why it appears to fix itself occasionally, but could point to a script that changes

Re: Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-28 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Andrew: > You can click in the field and the blinking I-bar is inserted, > but typing on the keyboard does nothing. I love field topics! Win/Mac differences can really hit you, even on a stack that you thought was well-tested. Because only well-tested on one platform. This glitch sounds

Text field in Windows standalone not receiving keyboard focus

2021-01-28 Thread Andrew at MidWest Coast Media via use-livecode
I have an app with a group of fields who are struggling to accept keyboard input. It seems to just be 1 group of 4 fields on a single card (that has been noticed). You can click in the field and the blinking I-bar is inserted, but typing on the keyboard does nothing. Pasting text into any of