Closing a field by clicking a button -OS X

[Michael Binder]

Hi Paul,

you wrote:
> 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.

Your "problem" is an important feature!  When you
click a button or a menu, you often need to know what
the selected text is so that you can do something with
it (e.g. make it bold or italic).  There is a simple
solution:  just put the following line in a mousedown,
mouseup, or menupick handler:

   select empty

When you 'select empty' a closefield will be sent to
the field with the selected text if the contents of
the field have changed.

--Michael Binder