Select text question

[craig at starfirelighting.com]

Graham.
 
Ah, I see now. This is not an issue at all in ordinary LC, as you certainly know. What happens if you select the text twice in a row?
 
Craig
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: "Graham Samuel via use-livecode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 11:36am
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: "Graham Samuel" <livfoss at mac.com>
Subject: Re: Select text question



Thanks Craig. Somehow the return characters didn’t arrive in my email, but of course I understand what you mean. But this would simply empty the field, wouldn’t it, whereas I want the user to see the text that was there before, selected. I thought that was what the ’select’ command for text was for.

Graham

> On 8 Oct 2020, at 15:30, craig--- via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Not sure about mobile, but does this help?
> 
> on openFieldset the keyboardType of me to "numeric"
> put "" into meselect text of meend openField
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Graham Samuel via use-livecode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:45am
> To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: "Graham Samuel" <livfoss at mac.com>
> Subject: Select text question
> 
> 
> 
> I want a user to key a number in a field in an iOS app. Normally the field will already contain data which the user will be replacing, so I coded this
> 
> on openField
> set the keyboardType of me to "numeric"
> select text of me
> end openField
> 
> What happens is that the selection can be seen taking place briefly (this is in the Simulator) and then reverts to a flashing cursor with the original data still in the field and no selection shown. (The numeric keyboard does open BTW, but I can’t see that as relevant).
> 
> What did I do wrong?
> 
> Graham
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode


_______________________________________________
use-livecode mailing list
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode