FOCUSsing after TEXT

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Sat May 5 16:31:35 EDT 2007


Hi Richmond,

Try adding this line to the mix:

    select after fld "F3"

But then everybody knows that by now...  :o)

HTH -
Phil Davis


Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> Wisht to focus the cursor in a field after some text:
> 
> Help (in Build 420) has this:
> 
> "If the object is an unlocked field, the insertion
> point is placed after the text in the field."
> 
> so set to find out how to do this:
> 
> nothing in the documentation that I could find under
> LOCK
> 
> went back to RR 1.1.1 (!!!!!!!!) and found quite a bit
> 
> [Now don't tell me that the reason that that is not
> now documented is because everybody knows that by now
> - won't wash]
> 
> slightly more in RR 2.0.1
> 
> vanished in RR 2.6.1
> 
> however does not refer to text fields:
> 
> tried this:  set the locked of fld "F3" to false
>                     focus on fld "F3"
> 
> still bungs the cursor in front of the text.  Oh Dear.
> 
> Would be grateful for guidance.
> 
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
> 
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