I'm sure this could be shorter, but it works. on textChanged put the botRight of me into tCorner put (item 1 of tCorner)+5 & "," & (item 2 of tCorner)+5 into tOutsideThisField click at tOutsideThisField end textChanged
~Roger On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Scratch that. I see you want to leave the field, not send the message. > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 12:25 pm > Subject: Re: "focus on nothing" not resulting in closefield > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > > > > > On 9/21/13 10:31 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > > >> When a user clicks on something to go to another record, closeField does > >> not get sent to the selectedField, and any changes are lost. > >> > >> I've tried solving this with a "focus on nothing", but that doesn't > >> provoke > >> the closeField message. Shouldn't it? > >> > >> Is there anything other than sending a tabKey to the selectedField that > >> works > > > > > > Try "select empty > > > That, though, physically selects and marks the field. > > I'm trying to force a closefield if the field contents have changed but the > feield hasn't been left. textChanged won't work in this context, as the > usual result should only be changing when the user leaves the field > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > 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