text fields don't focusIn

[Jared Smith]

I don't think it's a mesage passing issue, because a list field in the
same stack works just fine with focusIn/focusOut. It's just this text
field. I was hoping someone would say that text fields handle focus
differently, but I guess not.

On 6/24/06, Jim Ault <JimAultWins at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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