Re: position of text-curson within field
Thanks, Mark. Strange, during devpt I couldn't press "apply" in the script editor when I had the line "pass backspaceKey"... Maybe I misspelt... -- Nicolas Cueto On 20 February 2018 at 10:42, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 02/19/2018 05:01 PM, Nicolas Cueto via use-livecode wrote: > > As you can see, the reason I'm interrupting the backspace key is to find >> out the number of lines in a field after a char is deleted. >> > > I would do that differently: > > local sHowManyLines > > on backspaceKey > send "howManyLinesNow" to me in 0 milliseconds > pass backspaceKey > end backspaceKey > > on howManyLinesNow > put the number of lines of me into sHowManyLines > end howManyLinesNow > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
Re: position of text-curson within field
On 02/19/2018 05:01 PM, Nicolas Cueto via use-livecode wrote: As you can see, the reason I'm interrupting the backspace key is to find out the number of lines in a field after a char is deleted. I would do that differently: local sHowManyLines on backspaceKey send "howManyLinesNow" to me in 0 milliseconds pass backspaceKey end backspaceKey on howManyLinesNow put the number of lines of me into sHowManyLines end howManyLinesNow -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ 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
position of text-curson within field
I'm trying to script a special backspace script. As is the usual backspace behavior, I still want the char to the left of the flashing cursor to be deleted. Wherever that cursor happens to be. But because the backscape key cannot get passed, it seemsI have to manually delete that character to the left of the flashing cursor (wherever the cursor happens to be). So, how do I find out in terms of relative character position (eg. char 275 of field x) where within a text field is the flashing cursor? Something like: on backspaceKey put the <> in field x into tPos -- e.g. tPos = char 275 of field x delete char tPos of field x put the number of lines in field x into field "Nr of lines" end backspaceKey As you can see, the reason I'm interrupting the backspace key is to find out the number of lines in a field after a char is deleted. -- Nicolas Cueto ___ 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
