text fields don't focusIn
Jim Ault
JimAultWins at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 24 23:51:27 EDT 2006
On 6/24/06 7:29 PM, "Jared Smith" <smith.sgt at gmail.com> wrote:
> This issue seems so basic, yet I'm going crazy over it. I've put a
> focusIn handler inside a text field which tells it to do something.
> When I click the text field (thus focusing in on it), nothing happens.
> Am I doing something wrong?
Try opening
Message Watcher in the Development menu
to see what it reports as you click, type, etc.
Also put the following in script containers to trap-show-and-pass
on focusIn
put "FIELD script hit" & cr & msg
pass focusIn
end focusIn
on focusIn
put " CARD script hit" & cr & msg
pass focusIn
end focusIn
on focusIn
put " STACK script hit" & cr & msg
pass focusIn
end focusIn
The point is that you need to see what is happening with the keyboard, the
field script container, the focus, and the exact order of the messages.
This is part of the rich fabric of UI (user interface) management, so you
need to build things carefully.
Be sure to PASS messages that need to travel all the way to the engine to
make things happen/change.
Hope this helps.
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
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