@Mark W. That was a rather clean and compact a solution.
Craig > On May 5, 2026, at 8:50 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2026-05-04 14:40, jbv via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi list, >> Is there a way to know the x,y position of the mousechunk, >> especially when the content of a field is not just plain >> text, but HTMLtext with more that 1 line ? >> For the x value, I tried to use the formattedwidth of the >> portion of text given by the mousechunk. >> And for the y value, I tried a combination of the font >> size, the line height and the top field margin. >> But there are exceptions that don't return accurate values... >> Thank you in advance. >> Best, >> jbv >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > I might be misunderstanding what you are trying to do but you can get the > formattedRect of chunks in the field: > > on mouseMove > if the mouseChunk is not empty then > put the formattedRect of the mouseChunk into field "Rect" > end if > end mouseMove > > So you could take the middle point of the rect as the x,y location? > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ [email protected] ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Build Amazing Things > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
