silly text editing question

Mark Smith lists at futilism.com
Thu Mar 19 14:27:35 EDT 2009


Thanks to Klaus, Richmond and Bob - those cover the options are what  
I was looking for...for some reason my little brain didn't consider  
it a chunk-type issue...

Best,

Mark

On 19 Mar 2009, at 18:06, Bob Sneidar wrote:

> There is also the selectedLine which will return the line your  
> cursor is in.
>
> Bob Sneidar
> IT Manager
> Logos Management
> Calvary Chapel CM
>
> On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>
>> The SelectedChunk. I found it by looking in the dictionary under "the
>> selection". It's one of the things listed under "See Also:".
>>
>> Bob Sneidar
>> IT Manager
>> Logos Management
>> Calvary Chapel CM
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
>>
>>> How do you find out where the current "insertion point" in an
>>> editable field is?
>>>
>>> I mean, if you have:
>>>
>>> This is line 1
>>> This is line 2
>>> This is line 3
>>>
>>> in an editable field, if the user has placed the caret after the 'n'
>>> in line 2 and then hit return for example, how do you know where in
>>> the field you are? (either in terms of chars, or char n of line  
>>> n, or
>>> whatever).
>>>
>>> This is probably really simple, but I can't for the life of me  
>>> figure
>>> it out!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Mark
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