Dragging from a list field

[J. Landman Gay]

Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> Of the six examples offered in the samples stack try example 1 "sample 
> stack with three fields" of 1. "between list fields". You would have to 
> change the script of field 1 - or one of the other fields - to accept a 
> right-button mouseclick to distinguish between normal list behavior and 
> dragging from the list.
> 
> add "on mousedown x
>       if x is 3 then"
> 
> to the field script and you could then have normal list behavior and at 
> the same time dragging behavior when the other mouse button is being 
> pressed.

Thanks Wilhelm. This sort of confirms what I suspected; I have to make 
the user indicate manually how the list field should behave.

I have the index/list field working, and I also have the dragging 
working. I was hoping I could get the field to know whether the user 
wants to click to select a line, or click to drag the text. I saw 
dropped or mixed messages while trying do both at the same time, so I 
guess I have to ask the user to manually indicate their intention. Your 
suggestion to use different mouse buttons would work. Or maybe the user 
could hold down a key while dragging.

Maybe I should just change the interface entirely and forget about 
making a single field act in two different ways.

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