Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Richard that script snippet actually helped me solve a different problem. I remember now why I was using traversalOn instead of lockText. I have certain fields I do not want users to edit, so I set the lockText to true. I then have a handler called enableForm that enables every field and button

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Oh right you are! The thing that was throwing me is double-clicking does not work, but I can triple click and it selects the whole chalupa and I can copy it. I can also drag select. This will work. Bob S > On Feb 28, 2017, at 10:52 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

On 2/28/17 9:58 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I just think that LC should work like virtually every other forms based app I've ever used, where being editable is not a prerequisite for copying text. Did you try the field settings I suggested? It does work, it's already built-in:

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Bob Sneidar wrote: > On Feb 24, 2017, at 22:09 , Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> on rawkeydown k >> if k = 99 then >> if the commandKey is "down" then copy >> end if >> end rawkeydown > > For that matter I could just check the status of the "state" property > (view | new | edit) to

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

For that matter I could just check the status of the "state" property (view | new | edit) to allow/disallow editing. Not saying there are not workarounds. I just think that LC should work like virtually every other forms based app I've ever used, where being editable is not a prerequisite for

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

For a scriptless solution that's purely property-driven, what Jacque said covers normal click-and-drag selection at the small cost of multi-click selection. And if you need multi-click selection and don't mind a small bit of scripting, putting this in a normal editable field seems to make it

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

On 2/24/17 8:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Ok I've played with locked, traversalOn, and disabled and the only thing that alows me to enable/disable editing of the contents of a field is traversalOn. No combination of the other settings allow me to select text (in any manner that a

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Don't ignore the autoHilite of a field. Dictionary says: Specifies whether a button highlights when it's pressed, or whether selected text in a field is highlighted. Phil Davis On 2/24/17 6:18 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Ok I've played with locked, traversalOn, and disabled and

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Ok I've played with locked, traversalOn, and disabled and the only thing that alows me to enable/disable editing of the contents of a field is traversalOn. No combination of the other settings allow me to select text (in any manner that a user would expect) and yet prevent the editing of the

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Bob Sneidar wrote: Hi Richard. You are "locking" fields. I am setting the traversalOn to false. The reason I use this is because a locked field will still show the focus border, which I do not want. The focus border should be governed independently, using the showFocusBorder property. If

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

On 2/24/17 3:33 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richard. You are "locking" fields. I am setting the traversalOn to false. The reason I use this is because a locked field will still show the focus border, which I do not want. I suppose I can lock the field and lock the field. I will

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Hi Richard. You are "locking" fields. I am setting the traversalOn to false. The reason I use this is because a locked field will still show the focus border, which I do not want. I suppose I can lock the field and lock the field. I will play around with it. Bob S > On Feb 24, 2017, at

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

The difference is, turning traversal off, rather than setting the locktext to true doesn't work. Even if one manages to hilite text in the non-traversable field, it isn't really selected. (Which is why if it were me I'd not do it that way) On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Richard Gaskin via

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Bob Sneidar wrote: > On Feb 24, 2017, at 10:06 , Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> That should not be needed. >> >> LiveCode allows only one active field selection in non-list fields. > > Yes I did. It returns empty. I have a menu which intercepts the > Copy menu selection. I hilite the text in a field

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Yes I did. It returns empty. I have a menu which intercepts the Copy menu selection. I hilite the text in a field whose traversalOn is false, then select Copy from the menu. In the menu handler I have "put the selectedText". I also tried "hilitedText". Neither work. I also tried the hilitedText

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Bob Sneidar wrote: > Enhancement Request 19323 submitted. > > As to your post, yes the selectedText 'of the field' will work. > But a menu command like "Copy" would not know which field was > selected. I suppose I could loop through all the fields and get > the one which was not empty. I'll play

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

If by "as expected" you mean the selectedText of the field can be obtained, then this is likely because you set it with the button. Selecting it with a cursor does not behave the same way. How odd. I may have to dig into the IDE and find where this is happening. Bob S > On Feb 24, 2017, at

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Enhancement Request 19323 submitted. As to your post, yes the selectedText 'of the field' will work. But a menu command like "Copy" would not know which field was selected. I suppose I could loop through all the fields and get the one which was not empty. I'll play with that a bit. Bob S

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

*sigh* my mistake again. Even when selecting a word with script it doesn't work. (I still had locktext on, combined with traversal being off, and THAT worked. As soon as I turned the locktext back off it failed to work) Shutting up now, till I get some sleep. :D On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:36

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

One last thing. On windows, with traversalon and locktext to true, text is selectable, but as expected there is no insertion point. The only way I can make a selection with traversalon = false is to double click a word. This is the opposite of just setting the locktext to true, one can drag and

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

I'll submit one. Bob S > On Feb 24, 2017, at 09:21 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nevermind, it doesn't work, and I think it should. Enhancement request? > Bug? > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > >>

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

Nevermind, it doesn't work, and I think it should. Enhancement request? Bug? On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > of field "fieldname" is an optional argument youcan use. > > get the selectedtext of field "myfield" > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Bob

Re: The selectedText for controls without focus

of field "fieldname" is an optional argument youcan use. get the selectedtext of field "myfield" On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > The Short Version: > > Is there a way to get the hilited text for a control

The selectedText for controls without focus

Hi all. The Short Version: Is there a way to get the hilited text for a control without focus? The Long Version: I use a method for forms (by which I mean LC cards with fields and buttons on them) where I set the traversalOn to false on all the fields when I am simply viewing the data, so