Constraining an input field's contents to be a single line.

[Mike Kerner]

well, if you have tmc2, then native mobile fields are a breeze.  If you
don't, then they're still pretty easy once you make your first one.

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:32 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 21/09/2017 16:14, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>
> Alex Tweedly wrote:
>> > I do not currently have "mobile text field objects" - all I have
>> > are just standard LC fields, so returninfield is all I need for
>> > the 'return' part of the problem - no need for 'inputReturnKey'.
>>
>> If this is just for yourself then the following may not matter much,
>> since you know what to expect and can handle whatever you choose to make.
>>
>> But if this app is for others to use, using a LiveCode-native field
>> instead of a mobile-native field will very quickly show why mobile-native
>> fields are important.
>>
>> That's exactly what I've been missing - I've been fretting about one or
> two details of LC-fields on mobile, not realizing that there are
> overwhelming limitations that mean I should just forget about LC-native
> fields if mobile is a primary target.
>
> So now I need to go off and figure out the most appropriate way (for the
> short term) to handle having different controls for different platforms.
>
> So I've learnt a lot - but taken rather longer than I should have to
> realize I was counting angels on the wrong pinheads :-)
>
> Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions that helped to get me here.
>
> Alex.
>
>
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