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No worries, I have found a better solution, MIT licensed. I have a working proof of concept:
Jon, please contact me at andreas@wheninspace.se to discuss further.

Hi Jon,

I have experience with building interaction between LiveCode and embedded browser functions. I could take a look at it if I get the html file and some example data that you want to base the barcode on.

/Andreas

Either you can use a counter variable, to just perform different actions depending on the number of times the command key has been down and up.

Or introduce a wait period in between key presses:
wait until the commandKey is down
put "AAAAA"
wait 1 secs with messages

wait until the commandKey ...

Check diffCompare in the Dictionary and see if that helps?

I’m not entirely sure if my approach works in all situations


Unfortunately, your approach does not work for modal stacks . The field is focused and the insertion beam is blinking, but when you start typing nothing enters the field. You still have to click it to make it receive key strokes. This ...

OK, now I have updated code that works in all tested browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome).
You can copy it directly from here: https://wheninspace.com/test/modal/
Implement it as in my first post.

Note though, that modal generally does not work as expected in web deployment. The modal mode is ...

SWEdeAndy wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:26 pm Working example here: https://wheninspace.com/test/modal/

Ha, well, yeah, working in Firefox and Safari on Mac, and Safari on iOS. NOT working in Chrome on Mac.
So we're not quite done with this one yet.
I'll be back!

Hi igalperry,

Ouf, it took the better part of an evening to trouble-shoot that one, but I (and ChatGPT) FINALLY found a solution that seems to work well.

Only a physical tab key press seems able to actively shift the focus, and that can't be simulated as the browser prevents it. So it had to be a ...

Indeed! "Send" is a command and needs a handler name as argument. "exit mouseUp" is not, an can never be, a handler name.

That script works as intended for me, using LC10.0.1-rc-3 and 9.6.13-rc-1 on a Mac Studio running Sequoia 15.5.

I have in the past viewed a way to set the Android keyboard to a "Sentence" option. Essentially when a key is pressed, the character will automatically set the case to uppercase. I have searched the dictionary for "Keyboard" but can't seem to find the information I need.


Search for ...

The styling handler:

command processLinks pFieldToProcess,pWordToLinkStyle
set the textStyle of word 1 to -1 of field pFieldToProcess to empty
put field pFieldToProcess into tText

lock screen
put 0 into tStartSearchAt
set the wholeMatches to true

repeat
put tokenOffset(pWordToLinkStyle ...

What is the relevance of Javascript in a Livecode forum?


It is of great relevance if you want to extend LiveCode's capabilities to things that is normally out of its scope.
Since a long time, you've been able to run javascript in LiveCode by simply calling it through do [javascript code] with ...

This works perfectly well for me:

answer file "Select file"
set the URL of widget "MyBrowser" to "file:" & it

If you still get a blank browser, then delete the browser widget and add a fresh one. It can get stuck somehow, especially if you've gone forth and back between setting the url and ...

This simplification works:
The result value is then 15.