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I have a project with a table field, which I want to have list behavior, and I have the locktext set to true, however whenever I click a line it wants to go into cell-edit mode. How do I avoid this? I want the entire line to hilite, but do not want the table to be editable by the user, just single line selections.

I know this seems like it should be dead simple, and I'm sure I've done it before, but I can't seem to find the magic combination of properties which gets these results.

A little help please.

In the meantime, I guess I'm just switching it to a standard list field, with tabstops.

Hi Troy,

Create a normal field, turn on the horizontal and vertical grid, set the tabstops, and set locktext and listbehavior to true.

Best,

Mark

Thanks Mark, that's what I did last night.

But I'm curious, what property is it in the "table" that makes it behave differently? No matter what I did, I couldn't seem to convert the table into having the same attributes as the normal field as described.

Troy,

Choose the pointer tool, select the table field and try this in the message box:
It is not really straightforward, I know.

Actually, I never use Rev's table objects. I made my own table object and I adjust it as needed for my projects.

Best,

Mark

Ah, I see. I hadn't realized there was a special custom property which was causing that behavior, though I was beginning to suspect it after toggling virtually every other property without result.

OK, now I know better. I suppose that cell editing behavior could be useful on other occasions - just not this time! Thanks for the info.