Tab in tables and determine which cell

[-= JB =-]

It Helps a lot.

thanks,
-=>JB<=-



On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Ken Ray wrote:

>> In the script below revGetCellName was used.
>> Where can I read about table cells and cell names
>> of anything else related to table fields because I
>> cannot find this word in the dictionary or anything
>> when I do a search.
>
> Last night, Bill asked me how I ended up getting to the solution; I've
> restated it below (edited for clarity) to help in anyone looking to  
> work
> with tables in Rev:
>
> ------
> - I knew the table field in Rev wasn't a real separate table  
> object, it's a
> field object with scripts to make it work like a table, so it made  
> sense to
> me that it would need to intercept events from the user in order to  
> work.
> This must be done with frontScripts.
>
> - I turned on "Revolution UI Elements in Lists" (View menu) and then
> displayed the list of frontScripts in the Message Box (3rd icon  
> from the
> right in the icon bar of the Message Box), and found "revTable",  
> which I
> opened.
>
> - I then looked in the script for standard UI event handlers  
> (mouseDown,
> focusIn, etc.) to see what user events were being trapped. I was  
> interested
> in when a user clicked and when they tabbed from cell to sell, so I
> concentrated on the "mouse" event handlers and the "tabKey" event  
> handler.
>
> - I kind of visually traced what would happen if I clicked (or  
> tabbed) to
> see what revTable handlers were being called, and eventually  
> identified
> "revUpdateCellValue" as an event that would be sent to the target,  
> so I
> could grab hold of it in my own scripts.
>
> - For the mouse messages, I noticed that the mouseUp was being  
> trapped and
> passed, and so I was able to trap that one as well.
>
> - The only tricky thing was that "revUpdateCellValue" is sent while  
> tabbing
> from one cell to another, but the parameters it gets are based on  
> the cell
> it just *left*, so I needed to send a delayed message, and then  
> query where
> it was after it got to the next cell.
> ------
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
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