Sannyasin, Same problem coming from a palette, but if the button is on the same stack, it works (OS 10.3.3, Rev 2.2)...
Sounds like a bug to me. In fact it seems like it might have been posted before, so you might want to check Bugzilla. 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 > Sannyasin Sivakatirswami > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: empty selectedChunks fails to return insertion Point values > > > I have a palette of html mark up tools that operate on the > top window. > I am unable to get the insertion point for an empty cursor from the > selectedChunk function (it used to work!). A test button in > the palette > with its traversalOn set to false (so as not to deselect text in the > top Stack). > > Simply: > > on mouseUp > put the selectedChunk > end mouseUp > > If text is selected in the top window we do get the expected > response, e.g. char 4633 to 4654 of field 1 so my button, the > field, and the > selectedChunk function are apparently OK. > > But, if we simply insert the cursor somewhere and press the > same button > we get empty, zippo. > > But, the function, as documented, should return a string like > this for > just an insertion point: > > char 51 to char 50 of field 1 > > ===docs: > Comments: > The return value reports the selected text: the startChar is > the first > character of the selection, and the endChar is the last character. > > If no text is selected but the text insertion point is in a > field, the > startChar is the character after the insertion point, and the endChar > is the character before the insertion point. In this case, > the endChar > is one less than the startChar. > ======== > > Why is this not working? OS X... Rev 2.2 Can anyone confirm this is > failing also on their Mac? > > OS X 10.3.3 > > This is a nuisance, (obviously) as I have to now prompt the user to > select an empty space for insertion of stand alone elements like > > <hr class="mainHeadLineRule" /> > <br /> > > when what is wanted is to simply place the cursor then click those > respective buttons on the palette. > > ?? > TIA > > > Sannyasin Sivakatirswami > Himalayan Academy Publications > at Kauai's Hindu Monastery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.HimalayanAcademy.com, > www.HinduismToday.com > www.Gurudeva.org > www.Hindu.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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
