List fields question...

[Craig Newman]

I had made a suggestion (Forum, “Message Watcher Enhancement”) that the message watcher have the ability to not only ignore certain messages, but to allow only certain messages. I am amazed this got no traction from anyone. It would also be terrific to only allow only those containing, say, the word “mouse”.

Craig

> On Aug 10, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you. mouseRelease is perfect for what I need.
> 
> The specific app I am working in sends a crap load of messages - constantly - as part of it's functions. Using the message watcher is practically useless unless I took the time to filter out all the existing messages I am not looking for.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> On 8/10/2021 3:12 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> You can use the Message Watcher to see. For your needs, you'll get mouseDown and mouseRelease, as well as mouseStillDown, mouseEnter, mouseLeave, and some others you probably don't care about.
>> 
>> On 8/10/21 1:44 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>>> I have a list field with a number of lines that do not fill the whole height of the field, so a user can click in the empty part of the field below the last line with content
>>> 
>>> When someone does click in the empty area of the field below the last line, I am not seeing messages I would expect sent to the field. For example, no 'mouseUp' is being sent. I get the expected 'mouseUp' if the user clicks on any line that have content, but not in the space in the field after the last line of content?
>>> 
>>> Without me trying every possible message, does anyone KNOW what a field does get sent if you click on a part of the field with no content?
>>> 
>>> For example the field is sized to allow 10 lines visible, but only has 3 lines:
>>> Item One
>>> Item Two
>>> Item Three
>>> 
>>> The field is set to List Behavior, Multiline Hilites, Non-contigious, and Click to Toggle (Autohilite is NOT checked)
>>> 
>>> If I click on lines 1, 2, or 3, I get the mouseUp I expect
>>> 
>>> If I click below line 3 I get no museUp - this last case is what I am asking about? Whould a mouseUp be sent? If not what messages are sent?
>>> 
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