Mobile text input mystery

Thu Apr 23 08:47:44 EDT 2020

You're welcome, Graham - thanks for the follow up.

I'll make sure we add a note about this simulator keyboard trick in the
dictionary.

Kind regards,
Panos
--

On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 15:33, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Thanks a million, Panos, it all works! Apart from the simulator keyboard
> trick, I can’t see immediately what I did wrong. Probably haven’t got time
> to crawl over it now… obviously I can use this as a model in any part of
> the app that needs it.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Graham
>
> > On 23 Apr 2020, at 13:39, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Graham,
> >
> > The following works as expected for me:
> >
> > on opencard
> >   global gInputID
> >   if environment() = "mobile" then
> >      mobileControlCreate "input" -- so the user can type in
> >      put the result into gInputID
> >      answer "opening text field for input. ID created is:" && gInputID
> >      mobileControlSet gInputID, "rect", "114,135,163,158"
> >      mobileControlSet gInputID, "visible", "true"
> >      mobileControlSet gInputID, "opaque", "true"
> >      mobileControlSet gInputID, "borderstyle", "line"
> >   end if
> > end opencard
> >
> > also I have added two buttons to test the other issues:
> >
> > script of button 1:
> >
> > on mouseup
> >   local tText
> >   global gInputID
> >   put mobileControlGet(gInputID,"text") into tText
> >   answer tText
> > end mouseup
> >
> >
> > script of button 2:
> >
> > on mouseUp pButtonNumber
> >   global gInputID
> >   mobileControlSet gInputID, "keyboardType", "numeric"
> >   mobileControlDo gInputID, "focus"
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > Also, while testing the focus, I realised that you have to enable the
> > setting "Toggle Software Keyboard" in the simulator menubar (Hardware ->
> > Keyboard -> Toggle Software Keyboard).
> >
> > Important: Note that you have to FIRST click on the field with the mouse
> to
> > focus it, and THEN check this option, otherwise your choice will not have
> > any effect. This might be a bug in the simulator app, but once you do
> that,
> > your choice of showing the soft keyboard will be remembered.
> >
> > So now, if you add some text to the field, it will be returned correctly
> if
> > you press the first button. Also, if you click on the second button, you
> > should see a numeric soft keyboard appearing, and the field will get the
> > focus.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Panos
> > --
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 14:03, panagiotis merakos <merakosp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Graham,
> >>
> >> Oh, ignore my previous comment about mobileControlDo <inputField>,
> >> "focus", as this bug affected Android only.
> >>
> >> I'll try to reproduce the recipe here and see if I get the same problem.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Panos
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 13:54, panagiotis merakos <merakosp at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Graham,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *> but despite executing> >  mobileControlSet "FRadiusText",
> >>> "keyboardType", "numeric">  mobileControlDo "FRadiusText", "focus"> >
> >>> following what the  LC Dictionary says , I do not see the soft
> keyboard*
> >>>
> >>> This will not work in LC 9.5.1 - it is an old bug that is fixed in LC
> 9.6
> >>> DP-3:
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7259
> >>>
> >>> *>>nor does a subsequent*
> >>>
> >>> *>  mobileControlGet "FRadiusText", "text"> ever result in anything but
> >>> empty even though I can see a text in the native field object.*
> >>>
> >>> Are you calling mobileControlGet "FRadiusText", "text" from the same
> >>> handler that has created the mobile input field, or from a different
> one?
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>> Panos
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 23:39, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <
> >>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>>
> >>>> Begin forwarded message:
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com>
> >>>>> Date: 22 April 2020 at 22:14:37 CEST
> >>>>> To: Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com>
> >>>>> Subject: Re:  Mobile text input mystery
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Mark. Although making the field opaque wasn’t enough, giving
> >>>> it a black border worked and I can now see it. I can edit it with the
> >>>> mouse, and I can even put something in it with
> >>>>>
> >>>>> mobileControlSet "FRadiusText", "text", "1.0"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> but despite executing
> >>>>>
> >>>>> mobileControlSet "FRadiusText", "keyboardType", "numeric"
> >>>>> mobileControlDo "FRadiusText", "focus"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> following what the  LC Dictionary says , I do not see the soft
> >>>> keyboard, nor does a subsequent
> >>>>>
> >>>>> mobileControlGet "FRadiusText", "text"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ever result in anything but empty even though I can see a text in the
> >>>> native field object.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But I can’t keep asking questions. I’ll just tinker as usual and hope
> >>>> to get a result.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks again
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Graham
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 22 Apr 2020, at 19:52, Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 2020-04-22 18:38, Graham Samuel wrote:
> >>>>>>> Reading your response, Mark, I didn't feel so bad, since the LC
> >>>>>>> Dictionary says for example about mobileControlSet
> >>>>>>> syntax: mobileControlSet idOrName, PropertyName, value
> >>>>>>> and later explains
> >>>>>>> idOrName  - the id or name of the control
> >>>>>>> So I therefore saw the two ways of referring to the control as
> >>>>>>> apparently interchangeable.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It is - apologies - the engine does look up both by id or name...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Do you see something if you also set the 'text' property?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There's also the 'borderStyle' property too.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> My hunch is that something is there, but the background color is the
> >>>> same as the card, the border style is none and it has no content so it
> >>>> looks like nothing is there?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Warmest Regards,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mark.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
> >>>>>> LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
> >>>>>
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