Thanks.
Richmond.
On 16/6/2018 10:47 pm, dunbarxx via use-livecode wrote:
Richmond.
Say you have a field 1 with text in it.
on mouseUp
select after char 12 of fld 1
put the number of words of char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedChunk)of fld 1
into numWords
select before word numWords o
Richmond.
Say you have a field 1 with text in it.
on mouseUp
select after char 12 of fld 1
put the number of words of char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedChunk)of fld 1
into numWords
select before word numWords of fld 1 -- or after
end mouseUp
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So I am trying to make a text editor in LiveCode that
NEVER uses a mouse (pace the late, great Jeff Raskin).
Not a big problem selecting fields, and positions inwith text in fields
using
keyUps trapping F-keys.
What IS a problem is HOW to select an word either before or after where
the inserti
