text fields don't focusIn

[Jared Smith]

Interestingly, Message Watcher doesn't even see the mouseDown when I
click in the text field. It sees it when I click my list field,
though! Very strange. The only thing that shows up when I click the
text field is some cryptic thing called cREVGeneral.

On 6/25/06, Jared Smith <smith.sgt at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think it's a mesage passing issue, because a list field in the
> same stack works just fine with focusIn/focusOut. It's just this text
> field. I was hoping someone would say that text fields handle focus
> differently, but I guess not.
>
> On 6/24/06, Jim Ault <JimAultWins at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On 6/24/06 7:29 PM, "Jared Smith" <smith.sgt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This issue seems so basic, yet I'm going crazy over it. I've put a
> > > focusIn handler inside a text field which tells it to do something.
> > > When I click the text field (thus focusing in on it), nothing happens.
> > > Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > Try opening
> > Message Watcher in the Development menu
> > to see what it reports as you click, type, etc.
> >
> > Also put the following in script containers to trap-show-and-pass
> >
> > on focusIn
> >   put "FIELD script hit" & cr & msg
> >   pass focusIn
> > end focusIn
> > on focusIn
> >   put "     CARD  script hit" & cr & msg
> >   pass focusIn
> > end focusIn
> >
> > on focusIn
> >   put "          STACK          script hit" & cr & msg
> >   pass focusIn
> > end focusIn
> >
> > The point is that you need to see what is happening with the keyboard, the
> > field script container, the focus, and the exact order of the messages.
> > This is part of the rich fabric of UI (user interface) management, so you
> > need to build things carefully.
> >
> > Be sure to PASS messages that need to travel all the way to the engine to
> > make things happen/change.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Jim Ault
> > Las Vegas
> >
> >
> >
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