Browser selections

[J. Landman Gay]

I was replying to you, JJS. I might be confused about how your method 
works. How does returning a line from the server allow hiliting text in 
the widget?

On 4/9/19 12:33 PM, JJS via use-livecode wrote:
> Who are you referring to Jacque? hh or me?
> 
> 
> If it's me, then:
> 
> i echo only one line of text with the php file which is called after the 
> api routine succeeded.
> 
> this way i can just look for that one sentence, it goes so fast you 
> can't see it and the app switches to another card
> 
> 
> Op 8-4-2019 om 20:52 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode:
>> Actually, I need to hilite a portion of the text in the browser rather 
>> than just get the whole content. Are you doing that?
>>
>> Eventually I may need to get the user's drag-selection too, but not yet.
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/19 12:22 PM, JJS via use-livecode wrote:
>>> you can use this:
>>>
>>> *put*thehtmlTextofwidget"browser"intotT
>>>
>>>
>>> i use this now for an api which redirects to a php file which echoes 
>>> a line of text (as normally it would use the URL scheme, but this 
>>> does not work with the widget)
>>>
>>> this way i could use the  browser widget and stay in the app(mobile) 
>>> instead of using a external browser and retunring to the app 
>>> afterwards which is an ugly thing and leaves the url open in an 
>>> extenal browser.
>>>
>>> if the text in the browser is my text then it moves on(and i'm 
>>> checking like 10 times)
>>>
>>> It works great!
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 7-4-2019 om 21:34 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode:
>>>> Is there a way to get/set selected text in a browser widget? I 
>>>> couldn't find anything.
>>>>
>>>
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