Search & hilite different lines in scrolling field

[Fjord]

I guess there's a simple solution but I couldn't find it:
I have
- a scrolling fld with "Multiple hilites" checked
- a search fld with "Don't search" checked and a "returnInField" handler.
I want to hilite all relevant, possibly non contiguous, lines of the scrolling fld, that contain the search string.

Of course I can do that manually, holding down the command key to hilite several lines. I tried to do the same by script; after many trials, this is the cleanest version:

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         find string laChaine in fld leNumero   -- search 1st occurrence
         repeat while the result ≠ "Not found"
            select the foundLine -- hilite it; that works
            find string laChaine in fld leNumero -- search next occurrence; but stays on 1st one  :-(
         end repeat

but this code
1) keeps flashing the very same line of the scrolling fld
2) therefore, never stops.

How does one do that?

[richmond62]

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on mouseUP
put 1 into KOUNT
repeat until line KOUNT of fld "slf" is empty
set the backGroundColor of line KOUNT of fld "slf" to red
add 2 to KOUNT
end repeat
end mouseUP

[FourthWorld]

Select will change the selection to what you set it to. What you're looking for is the hilitedLines property.

[dunbarx]

I may be misunderstanding , but what about this.

Craig

HiliteX.livecode.zip

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[Fjord]

@Richard

Select will change the selection to what you set it to

I guessed so (and checked)

What you're looking for is the hilitedLines property

Not really: my problem is to select the lines, non contiguous. HilitedLines is for getting them once they're selected, and I checked and it works.

@Craig & Richmond: what I seem to understand from your solutions is 'just paint the lines you select' with 'set the backColor of line xxx to whatever colour you like'. Then check the color of each line to implement 'get the hilitedLines'. While I was trying to use the 'selection' feature of LC…
BTW, it seems best to uncheck the selection features of the fld (see attached, if you care to)
Thanks!

[jmburnod]

Bonjour François,

Not really: my problem is to select the lines, non contiguous.

You can do this, just set the NoContiguousHilite of the list field to true.
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[FourthWorld]

@Richard

Select will change the selection to what you set it to

I guessed so (and checked)

What you're looking for is the hilitedLines property

Not really: my problem is to select the lines, non contiguous. HilitedLines is for getting them once they're selected, and I checked and it works.

The hilitedLines property is also settable. I've used it for 30 years ever since it premiered in SuperCard, and have been enjoying its inclusion in LiveCode since 1998.

The example provided in the Dictionary is:

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set the hilitedLine of field "Options List" to 1

Loop to find the lineOffsets, collect those in a comma-delimited string, set the hilitedLines, (and note the tStartLine option for lineOffset):

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-- To call, as from a button, here looking for "the" in the list:
on mouseUp
    HiliteMatchingLines "the", the long id of fld 1
end mouseUp

-- The handler itself:
on HiliteMatchingLines pStringToFind, pFieldObj
   put the text of pFieldObj into tText
   put 0 into tStartLine
   repeat
      put lineOffset(pStringToFind, tText, tStartLine) into tLineN
      if tLineN = 0 then exit repeat
      add tLineN to tStartLine
      put tStartLine &"," after tFoundLines
   end repeat
   set the hilitedLines of pFieldObj to tFoundLines
end HiliteMatchingLines

And Jean-Mark's guidance is also valuable: the NonContiguousHilites is a must here if you want to also support manual selection.

[Fjord]

@Richard: I was focusing on the 'select' strategy and missed the 'hilite' strategy
Thanks a lot!! that's neat!
I played a little bit with the 'HiliteX' example stack from Craig, just inserted one line in your script, so that a user can freely mix manual selection and script selection (attached just in case someone is interested in the future):

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-- Richard's example script
on HiliteMatchingLines pStringToFind, pFieldObj
  put the hilitedLines of pFieldObj & comma into tFoundLines -- I just inserted this line
  put the text of pFieldObj into tText
…etc
  set the hilitedLines of pFieldObj to tFoundLines -- get the unique hilited lines nicely ordered  :o :-)
end HiliteMatchingLines

The nice thing there is, although the variable 'tFoundLines' gets a bit messy with some lines listed several times, in the end the last lines gets everything nice and tidy.
Thanks to all for your help!