mobile focus

[Mike Kerner]

mobilecontroltarget doesn't tell me what mobile field has the focus right
now, it tells me what I just clicked on, which is not the field with the
focus.


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Eric Corbett <eric at canelasoftware.com>
wrote:

> Come on Gerry, that's too simple :-)
>
> Now I have to completely rethink my mobileControl library :-(
>
> Too easy.
>
> Still some work dealing with mobile fields and the keyboard and such, but
> until native mobile controls become native to LiveCode, it's worth it.
>
> E
>
> On Aug 29, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Gerry wrote:
>
> > iPhoneControlTarget()
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> > On 30 August 2014 13:26, Eric Corbett <eric at canelasoftware.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Mike,
> >>
> >> In my limited use of the native field on mobile, I have come across
> some key features.
> >>
> >> First, when you create the field, I would recommend creating each one
> in a separate control, like a desktop field to be used as a place holder.
> Here's the reason:
> >>
> >> inputBeginEditing
> >> inputTextChanged
> >> inputEndEditing
> >> inputReturnKey
> >>
> >> These messages are sent to the script that created the mobile field.
> Therefore, when more than one field is required on a card, I create a
> behavior and each dummy field uses the one behavior. Then at the
> appropriate time (openCard possibly), I send a dispatch to each field to
> create the appropriate field. I use switch statements in my create field
> handler to set the appropriate settings like mobileControlSet
> [control],"keyboardType","[value]; "returnKeyType","[value]", etc. I also
> use a switch statement in inputReturnKey to determine what to do next. The
> switch cases become the short name of me since the object is the field and
> of course the desktop dummy field is named the same as the native mobile
> field.
> >>
> >> I guess each card would have a different behavior so the one script is
> not switching between too many fields. You could also create behaviors for
> specific groups, but the need to set the behavior of the dummy fields is
> the key, not setting the behavior of the group. One other option to try to
> create a mobileControlCreate library might be by to chain behaviors, but
> that's a complicated subject I am looking forward to hearing more about at
> the conference in Scott Rossi's 'Well Behaved Behaviors' talk.
> >>
> >> One other command to keep in mind is mobileControlDo. Specifically,
> mobileControlDo [control name or ID], "focus". This will cause focus on the
> field and up comes the keyboard. On iOS, the keyboardActivated message is
> sent, but on Android, this feature is still broken. To take focus away, the
> only thing I know to do script wise is 'focus on nothing'.
> >>
> >> Maybe there's another way; I'll keep my eye on the thread to see who
> has more experience and a better idea.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Eric
> >>
> >> On Aug 29, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Mike Kerner wrote:
> >>
> >>> How do I figure out which native mobilc field has the focus (or if no
> >>> native field does)?
> >>>
> >>> A field doesn't lose the focus when you do other things like hit
> buttons,
> >>> or throw up pick lists, which can make it tricky to deal with fields
> that
> >>> have updated values.
> >>>
> >>> focusedObject() doesn't seem to work as advertised (it returns the same
> >>> value no matter which mobile field has the focus, or for that matter,
> if no
> >>> field has the focus).
> >>>
> >>> I know I could do it the hard way, manually, but...
> >>>
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."