Terry and Marty, Thanks for the suggestions. They both work.
Since this is a drag and drop scenario this script looks like it does what I want. on dragMove set the hilitedLines of me to (word 2 of the mouseLine) end dragMove Bill On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > How about this... > > on mouseMove > set the hilitedLines of me to (word 2 of the mouseLine) > end mouseMove > > Terry... > > > On 17/11/10 10:39 AM, "Bill Vlahos" <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: > >> The following script works very well with one problem. This script hilites >> the >> line correctly but just keeps hiliting lines as I move the mouse around and >> they stay hilited. >> >> Make a scrolling field with some lines of text and put this handler in it: >> >> on mouseWithin >> set the backgroundColor of the mouseLine to "yellow" >> end mouseWithin >> >> How do I have it only hilite one line at a time? >> >> Bill Vlahos >> >> On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: >> >>> I have a list of categories and I want to drag and drop some text from a >>> list >>> field onto one of the categories in the target list field. The line of text >>> should hilite on the drag (before the drop) so I know which item it is going >>> to I should drag into. >>> >>> I can get most of the coding for drag and drop but there are some things I >>> don't know. >>> 1. How do I hilite the line of text in the list field the mouse is over? >>> 2. How do I get the line of text in the target list field when the users >>> drops the mouse? >>> >>> Bill Vlahos >>> _________________ >>> InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life >>> information with you, accessible, and secure. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >>> preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > -- > Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education > Medical Education Unit > Melbourne Medical School > The University of Melbourne > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution