Closing a field by clicking a button -OS X

[J. Landman Gay]

simplsol at aol.com wrote:
> I need to set a flag in on a card when the contents of any of the fields 
> on that card change.
> 
> This almost works:
> 
> on closeField
>    setTheFlag
> end closeField
> 
> The problem occurs when the user clicks a button, or uses the menu to 
> leave the card. On OS X the closeField command is not sent when leaving 
> a field under these circumstances - the field never loses focus.
> 
> Is there a good way to send a message (like closeField) when the user 
> edits a field then clicks elsewhere?

This has caught me too. Try something like this in the card or stack script:

on mousedown
   get the selectedfield
   if it <> "" then send "closefield" to it
end mousedown

This doesn't test whether a field has changed and so should really get a 
closefield message, but depending on your stack that may not matter.

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