Yep, in the group script. You could probably do it in a selectionChanged handler as well. Pete On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Peter. > > > Those are the row and column properties I meant. But I do not understand why you cannot get what I got with the mouseUp handler. It is the very first thing I ever did with a dataGrid, before I learned some of the other functionalities. > > > With that handler,I get something like: field "Col 1 0001" > > > which can be easily broken out as required. The handler is in the group script, right? > > > Craig > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 9:56 pm > Subject: Re: clickability in a DataGrid > > > Hi Craig, > I tried your mouseUp Script and all I got was a reference to graphic > "dgalternatingrows" no matter which row or column I click in. > > The EditFieldText trap would work but he'd have to double click the cell > and I don't think that's what he had in mind. > > However, I think this seems to work as a scrip of the datagrid group > (apologies if this ends up with asterisks all over it): > > *on* mouseUp pMouseBtnNum > > *if* pMouseBtnNum is 1 *then* > > *put* the dgColumn of the target,the dghilitedline of me > > *end* *if* > > *end* mouseUp > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:55 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> >> There are a few ways to do this. The old fashioned way is to write in the >> group script: >> >> >> on mouseUp >> put the target >> end mouseUp >> >> >> You get a result that is easily deconstructed to row and column references. >> >> >> You can also trap the "editFieldText" message, or any of the row and >> column properties. >> >> >> Craig Newman >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 7:44 pm >> Subject: Re: clickability in a DataGrid >> >> >> Hi Sieg, >> I can't think of a way to detect a click in a specific cell of a datagrid. >> >> If nobody else can come up with something, a couple of alternatives would >> be to customize your Edit and Delete columns to contain buttons and put >> your delete/edit commands in the mouseUp handler for each button, or >> implement a right click popup menu with delete/edit options on it and put >> the logic in the menuPick handler for the popup. >> >> Would take too much space to describe how to do those things, but check out >> the datagrid manual for details. >> >> Pete >> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Sieg Lindstrom <s...@trackandfieldnews.com >> >wrote: >> >> > I've used LiveCode/RunRev for some time but an new to using DataGrids. >> > >> > What I'd like to do (for Mac/Windows users) is include a DataGrid >> > configured as, say, four columns of data followed by two columns that are >> > the same in each row: one that reads "Delete" and one that reads "Edit." >> > I'd like to set it up so that if the user clicks on "Delete" or "Edit" >> in a >> > given row that then triggers handlers to either delete that row or edit >> the >> > data contained in the other four columns of that row of the grid. >> > >> > Using a standard text field with tab-delimited data in each row, I'd use >> > the ClickText and the ClickLine in the field script to determine what the >> > user clicked and trigger the appropriate actions. How would one achieve >> > this in a DataGrid? >> > >> > Thanks in advance! >> > >> > Sieg Lindstrom >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >
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