Why can't I send tabKey?

[Dan Shafer]

Ken....

While "type tabKey" doesn't generate an error, it also doesn't do  
what I think it should.

In my book, I had a script:

on openCard
   type tabKey
end openCard

I suggested that if you did this, you could force the first field (in  
tab order, of course) on a card to be active when a new card opens.  
Doesn't work (though I could *swear* I tested it in 1.1.1 or whatever  
version was current when I wrote the book two years ago). Nothing  
happens. So I don't know if the tabKey is actually being typed or not  
but if it is, it's not doing what I think tabbing SHOULD do.

Dan

On Aug 11, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Ken Ray wrote:

> On 8/11/05 1:37 AM, "Dan Shafer" <revdan at danshafer.com> wrote:
>
>
>> But if I try to send tabKey, with or without quotation marks and with
>> or without a target, I always get a "can't find handler" error.
>>
>
> That's because 'tabKey' isn't treated as a handler... it's treated  
> as a
> keystroke. You need to "type tabkey" instead of "send". I think  
> this would
> be the same as functionKey, etc. But I agree with you - if it is a  
> handler
> that can be trapped, it should be able to be "sent". So I'd still  
> BZ it.
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>
>
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