Neat LinkClicked tip...

[Jerry Daniels]

Chipp,

Sorry i'm late with this comment, but I said "the textStyle of the  
clickChunk" or clickCharChunk. If you've used clickCharChunk earlier  
in the handler, i believe you have to use something like  
mouseCharChunk or mouseChunk.

Jerry

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On Apr 17, 2006, at 5:59 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Below is an email from Trevor to this list, confirming the  
> linkClick bug.
>
> It basically doesn't always 'fire'. Just try clicking around in the  
> docs sometimes and you'll see what I mean. Or, just create your own  
> stack and set the htmlText of a locked field to:
>
> <p><a name="apple">link to </a><a href="apple">www.apple.com</a></p>
>
> then put in the script of the same field:
>
> on linkClicked p
>   answer p
> end linkClicked
>
> Now, try clicking it a few times. In my case (WinXP), it misses  
> about 1 out of 3 trys. Might have something to do with not clicking  
> anywhere on the letters.
>
> After talking some with Jerry, came up with this work-around  
> (thanks Jerry!) (put this in the field instead of on linkClicked)
>
> on mouseDown
>   if the textstyle of the clickText is "link" then
>     --> DO LINKCLICKED STUFF HERE
>     answer the linkText of the clickText
>   end if
> end mouseDown
>
>
> I've entered it as Bug 3533
> http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3533
>
> If you'd like to throw votes at it, be my guest.
> http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3533
>
> -Chipp
>
> Trevor DeVore wrote:
>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
>>> I try and use the clickChar rather than the linkedText when I  
>>> can.  I find the linkedText doesn't always 'fire' on WinXP.  
>>> Anyone else  have similar experience? Sometimes it takes me up to  
>>> 3 clicks to  get it to fire.
>> Chipp,
>> I've seen this as well.  You just sit there and click until the   
>> linkClicked message decides it wants to fire.
>
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