Tab between fields on mobile device

[Mike Kerner]

Instead of using tab we use enterkey, that way both hardware and on-screen
keyboards work.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:42 AM Andrew Bell via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to tab from field to field in a mobile app when pressing
> the TAB key on a bluetooth keyboard, but having no luck in an iOS app.
> My "on tabKey" code works fine in the IDE but not on the iPad.
>
> After closer inspection of the dictionary, I discovered that the
> tabKey handler is NOT supported by iOS. My attempt to use keyDown
> instead is thwarted because according to that dictionary entry: "If
> the key pressed is the Return, Tab, Backspace, Delete, or Enter key,
> an arrow key, or a function key, no keyDown message is sent. Instead,
> the returnKey, tabKey, backspaceKey, deleteKey, enterKey, arrowKey, or
> functionKey message is sent."
>
> This led me to try rawKeyDown. When running in IDE this gives me a
> proper key code (65289) but when running in iOS I'm returned a zero.
>
> on rawKeyDown tKeyName
>     ## THIS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THE tabKey CODE MOBILE FRIENDLY
>     if tKeyName = 0 or tKeyName = 65289 then
>        tabKey
>     else
>        pass rawKeyDown
>     end if
> end rawKeyDown
>
> The code I hacked together will force a tab for a number of other
> special characters (from quick tests, almost every key combo of ALT
> and any other key returns 0 as well). I don't need to be too flexible
> (this is an in-house product only running on 1 specific model of iPad
> Pro) but am curious if there is a better way to approach this.
>
> --Andrew Bell
>
>
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