Detect when a field changes

[Ralph DiMola]

Ah... but in mobile when one changes the content of a native text field via
a mobileControlSet the inputTextChanged handler message is sent. Is this
inconsistent?

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of dunbarx at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:31 PM
To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
Subject: Re: Detect when a field changes

Robert.


You make a point. And it must be accepted that the message is only sent when
a human being interacts. At least it is consistent.


Maybe it is the name of the message itself that makes me think it has a
quirk, as opposed to a specifically defined functional spec.


Craig Newman



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Brenstein <rjb at robelko.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 17, 2013 8:51 pm
Subject: Re: Detect when a field changes


On 16.11.2013 at 23:35 Uhr -0500 dunbarx at aol.com apparently wrote:
>Bill.
>
>I am with you, and any honest LiveCoder ought to be as well. The 
>"textChanged" message should stand on its own feet, if it has any, and 
>do what it advertises.
>

But then, if "textChanged" fires on any change, including scripted changes,
we need to go through extra hoops to distinguish between user-input and
script-based changes. The message as it is now means Text-Changed-by-User
and allow us, for example, verify user input (and what if the verification
routine programmatically corrects user input?). I am not sure that that
would really be so useful in the big scheme of things.

RObert

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