on returnkey doesn't work

Joe Lewis Wilkins pepetoo at cox.net
Sat May 5 18:33:19 EDT 2007


Thanks, Jim. It was my poor eyesight once again. I didn't pick up  
that the documentary said "returninField"; I had used "returnField".

Joe Wilkins

On May 5, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Jim Ault wrote:

> Using these two handler in a card script works fine:
>
> card script
> -----------------------
> on returnKey
>   go next
> end returnKey
>
> on returninfield
>   put the seconds && " user hit return in " & the target
> end returninfield
>
> Without a returninfield override handler, then the "tab on return"  
> as true
> on  each field means that upon reaching the last visible line, the  
> tab key
> will be the effect.  Now the layer order of the fields controls the  
> movement
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On 5/5/07 2:36 PM, "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Back, again with what could be a pretty stupid question, and...
>> this seems like a pretty elementary feature that should work, but
>> doesn't - for me - right now.
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> I've put the following into a card script and then tried it in a
>> field script that would have an insertion point or some selected
>> text. Essentially, I'm trying to identify which of the 45 text fields
>> on a card is the one in which the user has just entered something, so
>> that I can use the return key to go to the next field; the tab key
>> works fine in this regard, but I'd like the return key to do the same
>> thing. Each of these text fields only uses the first line, but if the
>> return key is pressed now, it goes to the next line. Perhaps I should
>> be using a different type of field; maybe a label instead?
>>
>> on returnKey
>>     -- do anything; I tried a beep and as the dictionary said: go
>> next cd; nothing happens
>> end returnKey
>>
>> Then in a field
>> on returnField
>>    -- ditto
>> end returnField
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Joe Wilkins
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