how to detect insertion point

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thanks Craig,
I learned a lot today from your post and Jacque's post.
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dunbarx at aol.com>
To: <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point


> Larry.
>
>
> It takes a while to learn the many LC commands, functions and properties 
> that pertain to the task at hand. Experimentation is the best way, but 
> also do use the dictionary, trying out various words that seem to  fit 
> what you are looking for. And especially the "see also" entries when you 
> do.
>
>
> In your original post, you mentioned the word "selection". That, or maybe 
> "select" by itself, would likely have led you to many possible lines of 
> experimentation. After a while, you will have a a sense of what and how to 
> search for in the dictionary, and the array of options presented there 
> will lead you farther. I would keep the filter set to "all".
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Sun, Oct 5, 2014 11:26 pm
> Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point
>
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> To detect the insertion pint when the user clicks in a field, you can do 
> this:
>
> on selectionChanged
>   put the selectedchunk
> end selectionChanged
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
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> Op 6 okt. 2014 om 04:30 heeft <larry at significantplanet.org> het volgende
> geschreven:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have several fields... myField1, myField2, etc.
>>
>> When the user clicks within a field, I want to detect the (?? selection,
> insertion ??) and run a script.
>>
>> I've experimented for over an hour with no luck.
>>
>> The only thing I found that sort of works is:
>> on mouseEnter
>>  do stuff
>> end mouseEnter
>>
>> The problem with that is that one of the things I want to do is change 
>> the
> color of the field while the script is doing stuff and only change back to 
> the
> original color when the stuff is finished, and not when the mouse leaves. 
> It is
> too clunky to require the user to leave the mouse in the field while the 
> stuff
> is being done.
>>
>> I hope that makes sense.
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Larry
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