Buttonclick deselects text

[Devin Asay]

On Feb 10, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Kresten Bjerg wrote:

> Hi
> I have  buttons, which, on mouseup,  shall use bits of user- 
> selectedtext
> from a textfield. But it seems that the clicking of some  buttons
> deselects the text before it can be caught. I guess this is a trivial
> problem,but : what is the trick to postpone the deselection ?
> I shall be grateful for advice
> Kresten Bjerg

The advice you've gotten is good, but it does appear that there is  
inconsistent behavior between Mac OS X and Windows. See http:// 
quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=4015 .

Is this a Rev problem or a difference in the way the operating  
systems work?

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University