How do you trap for cursor moving from a field when user uses a mouse?

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Wed May 9 16:35:15 EDT 2007


On May 9, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Charles Szasz wrote:

> I am still having a great deal of problems on how to trap for a  
> cursor that is moved out of a field by using the mouse instead of  
> using a tab, enter or return key!!  Despite the suggestions I  
> received when I posted this as "Is there a solution for this  
> problem?", I cannot resolve this problem.
>
> I tried the following suggested by Jacqueline:
>
> if the selectedfield is not empty
> then
> send "closefield" to the selectedfield
>
> but that does not work.

Charles,

Check out the selectionChanged message. This message is triggered  
when the selected text in a field changes, including, if memory  
serves, when the selection point is first established inside a field.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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