list field not getting arrowkey msg

[Peter Haworth]

It's pretty clear LC doesn't think the list field has focus not sure why
that would be.  Maybe a "focus on me" from the list field's
selectionChanged handler would help?

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:48 AM Peter Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, I still get nothing with "the hilitedlines of me" in the
> field script. The arrowkey message is not going to the field.
>
> Here's the arrowkey handler in the card script. This works fine but I don't
> know why it should be necessary.
>
> on arrowkey what
>    put hilitedline of fld "notesList" into lineNbr
>    put the number of lines of fld "notesList" into totNbr
>    switch what
>       case "left"
>       case "right"
>          pass arrowkey
>          break
>       case "up"
>          if lineNbr = 1 then
>             put totNbr into nextLineNbr
>          else
>             put lineNbr - 1 into nextLineNbr
>          end if
>          break
>       case "down"
>          if lineNbr = nextLineNbr then
>             put 1 into nextLineNbr
>          else
>             put lineNbr + 1 into nextLineNbr
>          end if
>          break
>    end switch
>    set the hilitedline of fld "notesList" to nextLineNbr
>    put line nextLineNbr of fld "notesList" into listEntry
>    put getItem(listEntry, 1, tab) into noteTitle
>    displayNote noteTitle
>    pass arrowkey
> end arrowkey
>
> -- Peter
>
> Peter M. Brigham
> pmbrig at gmail.com
> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 2:14 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 7/19/2015 10:17 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> There is a line selected. If I put the following into the field script:
> >>
> >> on arrowkey
> >>     put the hilitedlines
> >> end arrowkey
> >>
> >> then click in the field to select a line, then hit up- or
> >> down-arrowkey, nothing happens. The field is apparently not getting the
> >> arrowkey message. It's acting as though the traversalon of the field is
> >> false, but it's not.
> >>
> >
> >
> > What do you get if you put this into the field script:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >  put the hilitedlines of me
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > BTW, I think your arrowkey test needs "of the target". Hilitedlines
> > without an object reference is probably always empty.
> >
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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> >
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