Control of Text Fields.

[Richmond]

Pissed around a bit:

https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36444

Love, Richmond.

On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
> I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard keys do!! IOW, I want to emulate the delete key and the back and forward keys.
>
> Roger
>
>> On Nov 5, 2021, at 12:33 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Surely the script depends on what you want those buttons to do.
>>
>> On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 03:41 Roger Guay via use-livecode, <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Alex. Sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I’m building a calculator
>>> stack with forward and back arrow buttons and a Delete button. What's the
>>> script for these buttons?
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>> On Nov 4, 2021, at 5:53 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I properly understand your question.
>>>>
>>>> here's a code snippet the moves the insertion point (in this sample,
>>> typing an 'f' moves it forward, 'b' moves it back). (Note this also works
>>> if there is some text selected - it moves the insertion to just after the
>>> selection, just like the arrow key does).
>>>>> on keydown p
>>>>>    local t
>>>>>    switch p
>>>>>       case  "f"
>>>>>          put word 4 of the selectedchunk into t
>>>>>          select after char (t+1) of me
>>>>>          break
>>>>>       case "b"
>>>>>          put word 2 of the selectedchunk into t
>>>>>          select before char (t-1) of me
>>>>>          break
>>>>>    end  switch
>>>>> end keydown
>>>> To then delete the char in front of it, you'd do something like
>>>>
>>>>    put empty into char (t+1) of me
>>>>
>>>> Hope that's close enough to what you were asking, or at least gives you
>>> a starting place  :-),
>>>> Alex.
>>>>
>>>> On 04/11/2021 20:49, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>> I simply want to be able to move the insertion iBeam in a focused field
>>> left and right, one char at a time (just like the left and right arrows
>>> keys), and then to delete the char in front of it (just like the Delete
>>> key). The dictionary was again of no use to me. Can someone please provide
>>> sample scripts?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Roger
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