Well that didn't work...

[MisterX]

Hi Todd,

It's part of learning the event queue and what events you can catch.

when you type 
in your field's script for example you can add something like this... 
sorry not tested. But it should do the trick or get you there...

cheers 
Xavier

on tabkey
  get the selectedchunk
  if it is empty then pass keyup
  put the number of lines in char 1 to char (word 2 of it) of me into
thisline
  if word 4 of it is a number and word 4 of it 4 word 2 of it then
    put thisline + the number of lines in the selectedtext of me into
tothisline
  else put thisline into tothisline
  if the shiftkey is down
  then unindent thisline,tothisline
  else indentLines thisline,tothisline
  -- optional
  if it is not empty then
    select line thisline to tothisline of me
  end if
end tabkey

on unindentLines a,b
  lock screen
  repeat with x = a to b
    if char 1 of line x of me is tab then delete char 1 of line x of me
  end repeat
end unindentLines

on indentLines  a,b
  lock screen
  repeat with x = a to b
     put tab before line x of me
  end repeat
end indentLines

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Todd Geist
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 07:39
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Well that didn't work...
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to figure out how to create a little 
> simple text editor.  Basically I want to add two features to 
> a regular scrolling field.
> 
> Feature 1
> 
>      Pressing tab while the insertion point is on a line of 
> text needs to INDENT the line
>      pressing shift_tab needs to OUTDENT it.
> 
> Feature 2
> 
>      A new Line created by pressing "return" needs to line up 
> with the previous line
>      Like this...
> 
> So far I am getting lost. Does anybody have any ideas, or 
> some code I can look at.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Todd
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