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Begin forwarded message: > From: Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> > Date: 22 April 2020 at 22:14:37 CEST > To: Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> > Subject: Re: Mobile text input mystery > > Thanks Mark. Although making the field opaque wasn’t enough, giving it a > black border worked and I can now see it. I can edit it with the mouse, and I > can even put something in it with > > mobileControlSet "FRadiusText", "text", "1.0" > > but despite executing > > mobileControlSet "FRadiusText", "keyboardType", "numeric" > mobileControlDo "FRadiusText", "focus" > > following what the LC Dictionary says , I do not see the soft keyboard, nor > does a subsequent > > mobileControlGet "FRadiusText", "text" > > ever result in anything but empty even though I can see a text in the native > field object. > > But I can’t keep asking questions. I’ll just tinker as usual and hope to get > a result. > > Thanks again > > Graham > >> On 22 Apr 2020, at 19:52, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2020-04-22 18:38, Graham Samuel wrote: >>> Reading your response, Mark, I didn't feel so bad, since the LC >>> Dictionary says for example about mobileControlSet >>> syntax: mobileControlSet idOrName, PropertyName, value >>> and later explains >>> idOrName - the id or name of the control >>> So I therefore saw the two ways of referring to the control as >>> apparently interchangeable. >> >> It is - apologies - the engine does look up both by id or name... >> >> Do you see something if you also set the 'text' property? >> >> There's also the 'borderStyle' property too. >> >> My hunch is that something is there, but the background color is the same as >> the card, the border style is none and it has no content so it looks like >> nothing is there? >> >> Warmest Regards, >> >> Mark. >> >> -- >> Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ >> LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
