Edit cell in basic table field

[Peter Haworth]

There is a great table object available from Bernd Niggermann
(modTableField) that includes a lot of the power of the datagrid but with
less complexity.  Bernd, care to chime in?

Pete
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:21 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Bob is probably right about the fact that you may run out of functional
> power with a table field. But I use them whenever I can, since they are
> much simpler and easier to manage.
>
>
> A phantom field is indeed created when you double-click on a "cell". Put
> this in the card script:
>
>
>
> on selectionchanged
>    put the name of the last field
> end selectionchanged
>
>
> Double click, and you can see that field. This may give you a pathway to
> fooling around with the table field workings.
>
>
> Craig NEwman
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Epstein <dfepstein at comcast.net>
> To: use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 21, 2014 11:00 pm
> Subject: Edit cell in basic table field
>
>
> If I check "basic table object" in the field property inspector, and
> check "Edit cell," clicking on the table field causes a small
> unlocked field to be created at the cell's location, which on tab or
> arrowkey has its contents written to the cell.
>
> Is there some way to have a script trap the relevant information
> about what is going on, e.g., that a cell has just been "opened for
> editing", that a cell has just been edited, which cell it is, etc.?
>
> I assume that this "Edit Cell" activity is governed by a script that
> is reading a custom property, but I see no indication that the field
> actually has such a property or where the script is.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> David Epstein
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