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What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:42 am
by MichaelBluejay
I'm able to set the highlighted line of a list field with either of these:
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select line 6 of fid myField
set the hilitedline of old myField to 6
I've searched lo and hi, but can't find the difference between them. Is there one?
BTW, for anyone finding this thread who might be looking for how to programmatically click on a specific line in a list field and have that field fire, I don't think you can do it with one line, but it's pretty easy to do with two:
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select line 6 of fid myField
send mouseup to fid myField
Re: What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:36 am
by richmond62
Well, this:
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on mouseUp
select line 6 of fld "ff"
end mouseUp
works, while this:
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on mouseUp
set the hilitedlines of fld "ff" to 6
end mouseUp
does nothing.
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Re: What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:40 am
by Klaus
From the dictionary about "hilitedline":
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If the field's listBehavior property is false, this property has no effect.
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Re: What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:40 pm
by MichaelBluejay
Okay, so the answer is that "select line..." always works, and "set the hilitedline..." works only on list fields?
Re: What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:41 pm
by Klaus
That's the bottom line.
I always associated "hilitedline(s)" with a
listfield and "select(ed) line(s)" with a
regular text field.
Re: What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 1:34 pm
by MichaelBluejay
Thank you for the help!
In
another thread, Bernd identified another difference: "select line..." screws with the focus, and could "eat" a user's subsequent click, causing it to not register. Switching from "select line..." to "select the hilitedline..." fixed that problem in my stack.