Thanks, Craig. That is exactly the solution if figured out over the weekend, use the click command to click at the mouseLoc.
Peter > On Oct 3, 2022, at 6:47 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > On a new card make a field and a pulldown menu button. Place a few lines of > text in the field and lock it. In the field script: > on mouseUp > > set the loc of btn 1 to the mouseloc > > click at the mouseLoc > > end mouseUp > > The menu opens at the line clicked on. > > This has been discussed extensively in the forums, if you want to search > there. That discussion mainly dealt with loading the contents of the button > with the field contents, or the selection of a particular menuItem once the > menu itself was open. > > Craig > >> On Oct 1, 2022, at 5:08 AM, Richmond via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Why does this make me have a funny feeling you are still using a one-button >> mouse on a Macintosh? >> >> Certainly, I would stick with >> >> on mouseDown MN >> if MN is 3 then . . . >> >> Best, Richmond. >> >> On 1.10.22 11:17, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to control or right click on a line of text in a field to show a >>> popup menu. So I’ve set the popup menu button to the loc of the mouse and >>> it’s showing in place when the controlKey is down. >>> >>> However, the menu items won’t show while the control key is also down. >>> >>> Maybe I’m doing this wrong. In my application, how do make this work: the >>> user holds down the control key or right click to do editing via choices >>> provided by some kind of popup menu? Both Mac and Windows. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
