I just did this:
on mouseLeave
put the selectedText of fld "f1" into fld "f2"
end mouseLeave
you can then do whatever you want with your button on the basis of the
contents of fld "f2"
Best, Richmond.
On 13.07.23 20:20, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Correction:
on openField
put long id of the target into pField
if the savedChunk of pField is not empty then
put the savedChunk of pField into tSelection
select tSelection
Set the savedChunk of pField to empty
end if
pass openField
end openField
On Jul 13, 2023, at 10:12 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote:
<sigh>
Untested
This in a frontScript:
on openField
put long id of the target into pField
set the selection to the savedChunk of pField — if you want to restore the
last selection
Set the savedChunk of pField to empty
pass openField
end openField
on exitField
put the long id of the target into pField
set the savedChunk of pField to the selectedChunk
pass exitField
end exitField
Bob S
On Jul 13, 2023, at 9:50 AM, William Prothero via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Folks,
A possible strategy is to change the color of a line in a field, when it is selected.
There would need to be a script that could simply returns the content of a line of a
specified color, changes the color to "unselected", or whatever your need
requires. You could have multiple lines selected, and other variations as needed.
Just thinking.
Bill
William A. Prothero, PhD
Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
On Jul 13, 2023, at 9:06 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Paul.
I think that Bob S. is correct. The change in focus is sort of built into the
engine, and a field cannot “remember” such a thing.
A fun kludge would be to create one or more overlays, however you like those to
look, and apply them to the field of interest. These overlays can be managed in
terms of their rects, depending on the formatted properties of the hilted line
or lines. They can be shown and hidden as well.
I am struggling not to do this just for fun. So you do it, because I bet that
the team has bigger fish to fry.
Craig
On Jul 13, 2023, at 11:27 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I do not see how that could work. In Windows, buttons can have the focus, which
means a field would always lose it.
What I do when I need something like this is I save the selection (or
selectedChunk or some such thing) as a property of the field upon exitField.
You could even put that in a frontScript and reference the target. Then in the
field script re-select the text upon enterField.
Bob S
On Jul 12, 2023, at 3:21 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I have a LC9 field object - just a scrolling field (not a list field) with a
lot of text. The user selects some text and then click a button near the field.
I want the selection to remain highlighted, but when you click outside the
field the highlight goes away.
Any simple solutions to this. Some property I am just blanking on? In another app, I've
used the "selectionChanged" message to (1) set the background color of the
selection to a highlight color and store the start and end characters as custom
properties of the field. I'm hoping there is an easier way I am just missing.
OR
There should be a feature enhancement: set the preserveHighlight of field X to
true
That keeps the highlighted selection unless or until you make a new one in that
field
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