Who else doesn't want auto-select when opening a card?

Mark Talluto mark at canelasoftware.com
Mon Apr 6 14:58:42 EDT 2020


On Apr 6, 2020, at 11:39 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> This makes me crazy. I almost never want the first field selected when I go to a card, particularly on mobile. And god forbid the first field is a list field, where the first line is hilited whenever the stack resumes focus, even if the hilitedline was 0.
> 
> The workaround is tedious: on preOpenCard, set traversalOn to false, send a message to turn it back on after the card is displayed, include a handler that will catch the message and do the deed.
> 
> I want a property or setting that lets me turn off this default behavior. It's annoying and disruptive, and has been there since day one.

Agreed. It is much easier for us to focus on a field if wanted this on a preOpenCard. 


Best regards,

Mark Talluto
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