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by donbeck@donbeck.org
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:03 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Can't Find When Field is Active/has Focus
Replies: 6
Views: 3702

Re: Can't Find When Field is Active/has Focus

Thank you for all of these answers. When I tried “selectedField, it came close to working right, but some other objects also took focus, so I still had a problem. This however gave me a direction to look further, and I found focusedObject, and that did the trick for me. Now I just read that someone ...
by donbeck@donbeck.org
Mon May 31, 2021 5:17 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Can't Find When Field is Active/has Focus
Replies: 6
Views: 3702

Can't Find When Field is Active/has Focus

I use the player to play MP3s. I use the following scrip to use the Space Bar to start and stop the player. on keyUp theKey if theKey is space then send mouseUp to btn id 1053 — this is a manual button to start and stop the player else pass keyUp end if end keyUp This works fine, but here is my PROB...
by donbeck@donbeck.org
Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Problems Changing Text Size in Field if Pasted From Another App.
Replies: 5
Views: 3631

Problems Changing Text Size in Field if Pasted From Another App.

I have a field that I keep notes in. I have two buttons that are used to increase and decrease the size of the font in the field. These work fine for the entire field and any text I type into the field. My problem is if I paste text into the field from another app, even though it is completely edita...
by donbeck@donbeck.org
Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:46 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Want player object to keep playing when going to another card
Replies: 5
Views: 3577

Re: Want player object to keep playing when going to another card

Thanks. I might try the sub Stack route later. I hadn't thought of that and haven't used sub Stacks yet.
by donbeck@donbeck.org
Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Want player object to keep playing when going to another card
Replies: 5
Views: 3577

Re: Want player object to keep playing when going to another card

Thank you for your suggestions. They got me thinking further, and I have come up with a fairly simple solution. As mentioned above, when I make the player a group, the music continues playing when I go to other cards with that group on it, but it shows as a big black strip across my notes field. My ...
by donbeck@donbeck.org
Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:49 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Want player object to keep playing when going to another card
Replies: 5
Views: 3577

Want player object to keep playing when going to another card

I have a stack for playing MP3s. The first card has a field that has List Behavior checked. This lists all of my MP3s. I also have a player object on the card. When I click on a selection, the player plays that selection. That part works well. I also have a separate card for each MP3. These cards ha...