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Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:22 pm**

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to check if it was possible to have a field wrap text as well as at the same time having a list behaviour?

From what I've tried so far they seem to be mutually exclusive, ie if list behaviour is set in a card's properties, it doesn't seem possible to uncheck the 'don't wrap' option. I've tried to override this in script but the script seems to get ignored.

Many thanks,

Glenn

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:32 pm**

Hi Glenn,

I'm afraid you canonly have listfield AND dontwrap or die!

But here is a workaround:
Uncheck "listfield" and "downtwrap" in the inspector for your listfield and just add this script to your now EX-listfield:

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on mouseUp 
   select the mouseline  
   ## do something with -> the selectedtext of me 
   ## answer the selectedtext of me
end mouseUp

The user will not be able to tell the difference!

Best

Klaus

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:38 pm**

P.S.
This will however require to script the use of arrowkeys in that field!
But -> the selectedline
will give you something like -> line 2 of fld 1
So scripting is not too difficult, drop a line if you need help with this.

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:52 pm**

Thanks Klaus, the mouseLine function works a treat.

I've not needed to use arrowkeys as yet but thank you for your offer of advice.

Kind regards,

Glenn

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