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Stopping a return and backspace in an editable list field
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:52 pm
by gyroscope
Hi, I'm working on my script collector prog today. I have a list field where the user puts in the name/heading of the particular code they have saved which is in another field.
For selection of any of the headings/lines in the list field I have the following selected in the Property Inspector, AutoHilite and List Behaviour, no probs.
For editing or deleting I have a button, whose script is:
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on mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
if the hilight of me is false then
lock screen
set the locktext of field "List Field" to true
set the listbehavior of field "List Field" to true
unlock screen
else
if the hilight of me is true then
lock screen
set the locktext of of field "List Field" to false
set the listbehavior of field "List Field" to false
unlock screen
end if
end if
end mouseUp
This works fine for editing or deleting the entries but I want the lines to be independant of each other somehow, so that backspace doesnt jump up to the line above and return doesn't jump the cursor to the line below. But clicking on any other line allows editing of that line still. Hope I've explained this OK?
Anyone have any advice here please
Re: Stopping a return and backspace in an editable list fiel
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:13 pm
by sturgis
I'm still pretty new to this stuff, but I think you'll want to look at a few things in the dictionary.
enterInField
returnInField
backspaceKey
tabKey
Somewhere here I have some code written that handles how fields are moved through with tab/enter/return so am pretty sure this will point you in the right direction.
In fact, if you do something like
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on enterInField
do mySpecialHandler
end enterInField
on returnInField
do mySpecialHandler
end returnInField
on tabKey
do mySpecialHandler
end tabKey
on mySpecialHandler
-- put your special code here for return, enter and tab key if you want them to all behave the same
end mySpecialHandler
I saw an example similar to this somewhere in the forums, if I can find it again i'll post a link to the other post, it was MUCH more informative.
gyroscope wrote:Hi, I'm working on my script collector prog today. I have a list field where the user puts in the name/heading of the particular code they have saved which is in another field.
For selection of any of the headings/lines in the list field I have the following selected in the Property Inspector, AutoHilite and List Behaviour, no probs.
For editing or deleting I have a button, whose script is:
Code: Select all
on mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
if the hilight of me is false then
lock screen
set the locktext of field "List Field" to true
set the listbehavior of field "List Field" to true
unlock screen
else
if the hilight of me is true then
lock screen
set the locktext of of field "List Field" to false
set the listbehavior of field "List Field" to false
unlock screen
end if
end if
end mouseUp
This works fine for editing or deleting the entries but I want the lines to be independant of each other somehow, so that backspace doesnt jump up to the line above and return doesn't jump the cursor to the line below. But clicking on any other line allows editing of that line still. Hope I've explained this OK?
Anyone have any advice here please
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm
by gyroscope
Thank you sturgis, returninField seems to be the one.
