Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-24 Thread Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode
Have you tried to add a background color to the control so you can actually see it? Then the dictionary actually tells you that the result holds the ID. I know that you can then use them both. I usually use the ID as that is guaranteed to be unique. Håkan On 22 Apr 2020, 19:39 +0200, Graham Sam

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
ntrolSet "FRadiusText", > >>> "keyboardType", "numeric"> mobileControlDo "FRadiusText", "focus"> > > >>> following what the LC Dictionary says , I do not see the soft > keyboard* > >>> > >>> This will not wor

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
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 do

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
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

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
ed 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@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
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 >> -- >> >

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
s, > Panos > -- > > On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 23:39, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> > From: Graham Samuel >> > Date: 22 A

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-23 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Graham Samuel > > Date: 22 April 2020 at 22:14:37 CEST > > To: Mark Waddingham > > Subject: Re: Mobile text input mystery > > > > Thanks M

Fwd: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Graham Samuel > Date: 22 April 2020 at 22:14:37 CEST > To: Mark Waddingham > Subject: Re: Mobile text input mystery > > Thanks Mark. Although making the field opaque wasn’t enough, giving it a > black border worked

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
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

Re: Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-22 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2020-04-22 17:00, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: As usual, the problem will be my fault, but I can’t get a mobile input field to appear on a card. I’m debugging it at present, which explains the answer statement: on opencard -- we dynamically create a field for the user to key in

Mobile text input mystery

2020-04-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
As usual, the problem will be my fault, but I can’t get a mobile input field to appear on a card. I’m debugging it at present, which explains the answer statement: on opencard -- we dynamically create a field for the user to key in global sinputID -- this is all from the LC lesson. It’s