dragdata[html], clipboarddata[html] question

Ron rbarber at yhb.att.ne.jp
Thu Jul 24 05:08:01 EDT 2003


Hi again

> 
> Did you use :
> set the textFont of field "Foobar" to "Arial"
> Or did you use :
> set the textFont of char 1 to -1 of field "Foobar" \
> to "Arial"

I set the textfont of the fld, not the chars. Because I didn't know:

> In the first case, you're merely changing things in
> the hierarchy ; in the second case, you're setting the
> textFont of a chunk, and thus doing functionally the
> same as selecting the entire text and changing the
> font via the menu.

But without the flash produced when selecting all, changing the font and
deselecting via script.

The following is exactly what I needed to know.

> The textFont of a chunk is preserved when copying or
> dragging. The textFont of the field is not. Sounds
> like the way it should behave, though admittedly it
> can be a disadvantage.

learning something new every day,

thanks
Ron




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