Deselecting a line
    Devin Asay 
    devin_asay at byu.edu
       
    Tue Apr 11 15:22:06 EDT 2006
    
    
  
On Apr 11, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> This seems a very simple question, but I haven't found the answer,  
> either by experiment or from the RR documentation.
>
> I can easily highlight a line in a field by a script like
>
> select line mySpecialLine of field "myField"
>
> and of course my user can do it with a click on a line in the  
> field; and I guess I could script a click myself; but what I want  
> to do at the moment is the reverse, i.e. deselect a line which my  
> user has selected without removing focus from the field and without  
> selecting another line. The obvious answer would seem to be
>
> select empty
>
> but it doesn't work for me, and anything involving 'the selection'  
> actually alters the content of the field AFAICS
>
> Dumb I know... but could someone help me?
Graham,
Does
   select after line mySpecialLine of fld "Myfield"
do what you want? We might need more details about what you're trying  
to do to help you out.
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
    
    
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