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Hi,

I'm working with Livecode on a PC, and have quickly learned that in Script Edit mode, the Enter key on the Numeric Pad does not act in the same way as the regular Enter key that's just above the Shift Key.

It seems the numeric keypad one compiles the script and closes the script editor.

Is there some way to DISABLE this???

If I accidentally close my script one more time I'm going to do nasty things to my keyboard... and frankly, it doesn't deserve such treatment. Either that, or I'll have to jam something under the key!

Thanks.

--paul

Hi Paul,

paulsr wrote:I'm working with Livecode on a PC, and have quickly learned that in Script Edit mode, the Enter key on the Numeric Pad does not act in the same way as the regular Enter key that's just above the Shift Key.

these are two different keys with different purposes!
The one on the numeric pad = ENTER
The one above the SHIFT key = RETURN (= e.g. new line in text)

paulsr wrote:It seems the numeric keypad one compiles the script and closes the script editor.

Yes, that's true.

paulsr wrote:Is there some way to DISABLE this???

Not build-in.
Maybe you could write a front script that will catch the ENTER key?

paulsr wrote:If I accidentally close my script one more time I'm going to do nasty things to my keyboard... and frankly, it doesn't deserve such treatment. Either that, or I'll have to jam something under the key!

No comment

Get used to that key, this is the way the script editor has been working FOREVER!


Best

Klaus

Thanks Klaus,

Unfortunately I've been using the two keys interchangeably FOREVER!

They're both labelled ENTER and in every other program I can think of, they do the same thing.

Maybe I'll buy a keyboard without a numeric keypad

--paul