Dragging from a list field

[J. Landman Gay]

Trevor DeVore wrote:

> Why not something like this.  It will allow for a selection and a  
> drag/drop all at once.  I haven't tested it but hopefully it would work.

Yes, works great! Perfect, in fact. Thanks so much, this is exactly what 
I was looking for. After reading your bug report, I was going to try 
heading in this direction but you have saved me some work.

Love this list. Thanks to all who replied.


> local sCurrentLine
> 
> on mouseDown
>     if hilitedLine of me <> sCurrentLine then
>         --> DISPLAY CONTENT BASED ON SELECTION
> 
>         put hilitedLine of me into sCurrentLine
>     end if
> 
>     --> CHECK FOR DRAG
>     get milliseconds()
>     repeat
>         if milliseconds() - it > 200 then
>             set dragData["text"] to the selectedText of me
>             exit repeat
>         end if
> 
>         if mouse(1) is "up" then exit repeat
>     end repeat
> 
>     pass mouseDown
> end mouseDown
> 
> Having the bug fixed where mouseDown code can kill selectionChanged  
> would be nice.
> 


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