DatGrid table editable field saving issue (blinking cusor)

[newpie]

Hello, not quite sure how to fix this issue.

Issue: When user is done editing field , but leaves cursor and hits "submit" the edited field contents does not flow into the array. (thDataA). Now if they click anywhere else (out of the edited field) then it will flow in the array with the following code:

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   put the dgData of group "DataGrid1" into theDataA
   put the dgIndexes of group "DataGrid1" into theIndexes

Question: Not quite sure how I can update the dgData of group when the user puts it in that state (blinking cursor). I did try to focus on another control before above code, but that did not work either.

thanks for any help

[dunbarx]

Hi.

When you click on a "cell", you can get information about that cell. This is before the phantom field appears. When you enter text in an open "field" several messages are sent to the group: textChanged, the "keyDowns", the "rawKeyDowns", the "keyUps", that sort of thing.

You can work these with something like:

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on rawkeyUp tKey
   put tKey && the target --phantom field
end rawkeyUp

on mouseDown
   put the name of the target --row and column designator
end mouseDown

This will give you the actual "cell" you clicked on, and then the value of the keyPress.

So is this of any help? I guess you have an external "submit" button somewhere, and that might either help or hinder your thinking. But you can always store the current value of the open "cell" and refresh the group.

Craig Newman

[newpie]

Hello, Craig thank you for your reply.

Would updating a custom property called "cellEdit" with true and then when they leave change to false. Then check the value when submit button is hit, if true it would warn them to click out of Editing Cell before continuing. Is this possible?

Thanks

[dunbarx]

Certainly.

You can set (and read) a custom property in any handler, initiated by any message. Your choice. Open the message watcher, suppress IDE messages so you can make sense of the many that will pop up every time you take a breath, and play with the procedures you want to work with. Find a message you like and trap it in the group script.

As for getting out of (defocusing) edit mode in the DG, here is an old trick, likely now supplanted by more modern and pertinent methods:

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on mouseUp
click at "-1,-1"
end mouseUp

Craig

[newpie]

Thank you for the tips Craig I will try them out.

[MaxV]

Hello, not quite sure how to fix this issue.

Issue: When user is done editing field , but leaves cursor and hits "submit" the edited field contents does not flow into the array. (thDataA). Now if they click anywhere else (out of the edited field) then it will flow in the array with the following code:

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   put the dgData of group "DataGrid1" into theDataA
   put the dgIndexes of group "DataGrid1" into theIndexes

Question: Not quite sure how I can update the dgData of group when the user puts it in that state (blinking cursor). I did try to focus on another control before above code, but that did not work either.

thanks for any help

Why did you use that code? If datagrid has

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set the dgProp["allow editing"] of group "Data Grid" to true

you don't need any code.