in general this is not a good style to set color directly. Using style will make sure that your components will support themes in a simpler way. Because you will not have to have case statements and check all the place where you change color.
S > On 12 Mar 2022, at 15:53, Robert Briggs via Pharo-users > <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > > Thanks Esteban > > I’ve made it work based on your example. As you said I didn’t need > registerEvents. My original block just called a method that I used for > trapping with the debugger to investigate how it worked. > > One question. Why can I not simply send borderColor: #red to the presenter > rather than using the stylesheet method? > > Regards > Robert > > From: Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@netc.eu <mailto:esteba...@netc.eu>> > Reply to: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org > <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> > Date: Saturday, 12 March 2022 at 13:28 > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> > Cc: Robert Briggs <rbriggs2...@me.com> > Subject: [Pharo-users] Re: Detecting keystrokes in Spec2 input fields > > Hi, > no, you don't need to send any "registerEvents". This is internal and is sent > on initialize, when you create the presenter. > precisely last week I make an example of what you are asking for: > > https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec-QA/blob/main/qa005.md > <https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec-QA/blob/main/qa005.md> > cheers! > Esteban > > On Mar 12 2022, at 2:20 pm, Robert Briggs via Pharo-users > <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote: >> Hi Kasper >> >> >> >> Problem solved. I’ve done some more experimenting and it seems that >> registerEvents needs to be sent to make whenTextChangedDo: active. Makes >> sense but haven’t seen it documented anywhere. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> From: Kasper Osterbye <kasper.oster...@gmail.com> >> Reply to: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> >> Date: Saturday, 12 March 2022 at 10:31 >> To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> >> Subject: [Pharo-users] Re: Detecting keystrokes in Spec2 input fields >> >> If it is in the TextPresenter you might be looking for >> >> whenTextChangedDo: or whenSubmitDo: >> Both inherited from SpAbstractTextPresenter >> >> Best, >> >> Kasper >> >> >> >> >>> On 12 Mar 2022, at 11.26, Robert Briggs via Pharo-users >>> <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Is there a simple way to detect when a use makes a keystroke in for example >>> a Spec 2 Text Input Presenter? >>> >>> I’ve been going through all the relevant classes and methods, even into >>> Morphic, but so far I have not found a way to do it. >>> >>> I want to be able to identify when unaccepted changes have been made to the >>> displayed text to ensure that a use does not leave a form without saving >>> any input made. >>> >>> Regards >>> Robert
