Why can't I copy/paste into fields using ctrl+v etc

[glynypig]

I am making my first app for desktop - the only objects I have on my page are textfields and buttons. Strangely I do not seem able to copy and paste within any of the text fields using cmd+c/cmd+v etc (I can manually type and and use delete/backspace). There is no code on the stack at all and little on the card that is significant. In fact, even if I create a whole new card and put a new textfield on it (entirely virgin and code free) it also seems to inherit the same limitation of no copy and paste - of course if I create a whole new stack then I dont have the problem. I am sure it must be an property option I have mis-clicked somewhere - can anybody help me out please with some suggestions? I do have the card in run mode of course - same problem even when the stack is compiled.
Thanks

[magice]

in stack properties, check if the "can't modify" check box is checked.

[glynypig]

Thanks magice but sadly it's not that, "can't modify" is unticked - I also tried comparing all properties to another new stack and even with them the same the problem persists - very odd

[FourthWorld]

Which version are you using, and on which OS version?

[glynypig]

I'm using version 6.62 on Mac OS X Mavericks - v 7.0 simply crashes on startup for me, even before the IDE loads or the splash - I have reported it to bug report. Tried re-downloading numerous times - conflicts with my system somehow.

[dave.kilroy]

Hi glynypig

What about the 'lock text' properties of your fields, or in your card script do you have any 'rawkeyDown' or similar handlers that might be interfering with keystrokes?

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Dave is right in this way:

Make a brand new stack with brand new but similar fields, (same OS, LC, of course)and see if the issue occurs there as well. I assume it will not, and that you will find something which is happening in your original stack.

Craig Newman

[glynypig]

Hi, no I have checked lock text etc - like I said if I create a new stack then the problem is not there - but when I create anew card in my current stack the problem does exist. Even cmd+c will not copy to the clipboard when I try to paste to notepad. There are no scripts on the stack.

I assumed that the only way this could be would be possible (inherited by a new card) would be if the stack itself had a setting or script causing it but all of the properties are standard - checked them and there are no scripts running on the stack.

[dave.kilroy]

Yes it does sound like it is something in your stack. If I was in your position and I had tried everything i could think of (including frontscripts, behaviours, off-screen and invisible objects) I would do something like the following:

1. 1 - Close down LiveCode (make sure you do this to clear stuff out of memory)
   2 - Make a 'sacrificial' copy of the stack
   3 - Reopen LiveCode and open the 'sacrificial' copy of the stack
   4 - Start deleting objects and/or code bit-by-bit, each time saving the stack, closing LiveCode and reopening the stack and then trying to paste again
   5 - If you keep on doing this and at some stage things start to work for you then the culprit was the last object/handler that you deleted
   6 - If you keep on doing this until the stack is empty (and you saved it, exited LiveCode and then reopened the stack) and a new field still doesn't work for you then it must be something to do with the stack itself and I would consider moving everything over to a new stack

BTW select objects to delete via the ProjectManager in case there are some off-screen or invisible controls

Let us know how you get on...

Dave

[jacque]

Just to verify, did you assign a menu bar to the stack? A menu without a script would cause that behavior.

[glynypig]

Thanks for your advice Dave, yes I copied everything over to my new stack and now copy and paste works fine - very odd. Yet, stripping out each of the elements one at a time did not resolve the problem - in fact the problem seemed to persist over the whole of that stack and any new cards made

[glynypig]

Holy Cow Jacque - yes I did assign a menu without a script yet! So you think that that was the cause of the problem?

[dave.kilroy]

Nice catch Jacque

[dunbarx]

Jacque is constantly doing things like this. I have spoken to her about it, but to no avail.

Craig

[Klaus]

Jacque is constantly doing things like this. I have spoken to her about it, but to no avail.

Craig