Dan, I just tried it in 2.1.2 under Panther (10.3.2) and it works for me; I can edit text, etc. Instead of trying to "topLevel" the stack, why don't you just set the systemWindow to false?
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dan Soneson > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SystemWindow editable fields? > > > I just discovered the systemWindow property, which presents great > possibilities for me in terms of building a web browser > navigator. I am > interested in directing the user to a specific web site and then > presenting a set of activities and tasks to do with the > material on the > web page, for educational purposes. The systemWindow property > allows me > to keep my activity screen floating above the web page, even when the > browser is the active application. > > However, it seems I am not able to enter text into editable > text fields > in my window. I can select the field, but cannot enter text. > I can drag > text from the web page into one of the fields in my window, but once > there, cannot edit the text either. (only tried with Rev > 2.1.2 and OS X > 10.2.6 so far) > > I attempt to set the stack to editable via the topLevel command -- to > no effect, with one exception. If I include a button with the > following > script, it works just fine: > > on mouseUp > answer "You can now enter text into any field" > lock messages > topLevel this stack > unlock messages > end mouseUp > > It seems calling up the answer dialog box allows me to set my > stack to > the toplevel. Without the answer dialog, the topLevel command has no > effect. However, whenever I click on the browser window I lose the > ability to enter or modify text in the fields in my window, > until I run > the answer dialog again. > > Is there any way to topLevel my systemWindow stack without a dialog > box? Or any other workaround for allowing users to enter text into a > stack with the systemWindow property set to true? > > Thanks, > Dan > > Daniel B. Soneson > Director, Language Lab > Southern CT State University > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
