how to detect insertion point

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thanks Kay,
For some reason, neither focusIn nor focusOut works.
I can get what I want with openField but I haven't found anything that works 
when the focus is no longer on the field; focusOut doesn't work and neither 
does closeField (because closeField only works if the user changed the 
contents of the field)
So I'm just here tearing my hair out!
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay C Lan" <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: how to detect insertion point


> Maybe the focusIn messgae might help.
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM,  <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have several fields... myField1, myField2, etc.
>>
>> When the user clicks within a field, I want to detect the (?? selection, 
>> insertion ??) and run a script.
>>
>> I've experimented for over an hour with no luck.
>>
>> The only thing I found that sort of works is:
>> on mouseEnter
>>   do stuff
>> end mouseEnter
>>
>> The problem with that is that one of the things I want to do is change 
>> the color of the field while the script is doing stuff and only change 
>> back to the original color when the stuff is finished, and not when the 
>> mouse leaves.  It is too clunky to require the user to leave the mouse in 
>> the field while the stuff is being done.
>>
>> I hope that makes sense.
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Larry
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