Dragging from a list field

[Phil Davis]

I've done this in the past:

Instead of using Rev's drap/drop features, you could fake it with a 
button that appears at the mouseLoc when the drag begins.
- its label is set to the selectedText of the index field
- its rect is same as that of the selected line in the field
- it looks like you're dragging selectedText
- if dropped in an invalid target zone, it snaps back to the original 
location and disappears
- if dropped in a valid zone, it disappears and your script puts the 
text where it belongs.

This is a little bit of work, but maybe it would give you what you want.

HTH -
Phil Davis


J. Landman Gay wrote:
> I have a list field that operates like an index; clicking on a line 
> causes the stack to display content based on the text of the line.
> 
> I also need the field to support drag and drop, so that users can create 
> their own lists by dragging lines from the index into a different field 
> in a substack.
> 
> I tried setting the dragData on a mousedown in the index field, but even 
> if I pass mouseDown, the index behaviors no longer function. The field 
> does not recognize "mouseup" or "selectionchanged" and nothing happens. 
> Actually, when I try dragging a line, the selection changes to whatever 
> line the pointer is over. Does anyone have a trick for making a list 
> field behave in two different ways -- that is, normal line selection as 
> well as supporting dragging lines to another field?
>