Problems with the focusedObject

[Graham Samuel]

Bonjour Eric

Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly the selectedField returns empty in  
the circumstances. I do find this very mysterious. For example, if I  
put some text in a field and invoke my 'cut' menu, which executes this  
script fragment from the menuPick handler dealing with "Cut":

             cut
             if clipboardData["text"] is not empty then
                 put the selectedfield
                 ....

The clipboard data can be shown to be as expected (i.e. what was in  
the field), but the selectedField is just empty.

There must be some way for the handler in the menu to detect what the  
cut (or paste or clear) operation was operating on, but I can't find it.

Best wishes from la France profonde

Graham

On 1Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:39:58 +0200, Eric Chatonet <eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com 
 > wrote:
>
> Bonjour Graham,
>
> May be the selectedField could be your friend?
>
> if the selectedField <> empty then put the long name of the
> selectedField into tSourceField
>
> Le 19 sept. 08 à 15:34, Graham Samuel a écrit :
>
>> I'm trying to implement a simple Undo for a text entry screen
>> consisting of a grid of fields acting as cells (not a single table,
>> but individual fields). To do this, when the user selects say "Cut"
>> from the available menu, I want to record not only the currently
>> selected text - no problem - but also the ID (or better, the name)
>> of the field/cell where the text was before it was cut. However
>> when I execute a script line like
>>
>>  put the short name of the focusedObject into lastFieldCut
>>
>> the name is that of the underlying card. This doesn't seem to be
>> what the documentation says is supposed to happen. The
>> documentation suggests that the underlying card is returned when
>> nobody has the focus, yet I have seen the cursor blinking just as I
>> pull down the menu.
>>
>> I think that by invoking a menu I somehow have altered the focus,
>> albeit temporarily.
>>
>> Can anyone explain how I can find out which field was in play when
>> the menu was invoked?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Graham
>
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.