Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Gerry Orkin
Ooops. I should read to the end of threads, shouldn't I :) Gerry On 10/04/2013, at 4:12 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > ugh. yes, that works. Thanks, Tom. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, uns

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Gerry Orkin
Try "focus on nothing" Gerry On 10/04/2013, at 12:42 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > How the heck do I get rid of this keyboard??? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Mike Kerner
ugh. yes, that works. Thanks, Tom. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > My wife says I try that all the time! > > Pete > lcSQL Software > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Thomas McGrath III >wrote: > > > did you try: focus on nothing > > > > > > T

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Peter Haworth
My wife says I try that all the time! Pete lcSQL Software On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > did you try: focus on nothing > > > Tom > > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > mcgra...@mac.com > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Mike Ker

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
did you try: focus on nothing Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > Chris, > The phone and number keypads do not have return keys, and I don't seem to > be able to force them to have one. > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 20

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Mike Kerner
Chris, The phone and number keypads do not have return keys, and I don't seem to be able to force them to have one. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Chris Sheffield wrote: > Mike, > > Did you already try iphoneSetKeyboardReturnKey? If so, and this didn't > work for setting the return key, then t

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Mike Kerner
Minor update: The longstanding issue of script issues silently failing (no warning when something breaks, for example, sending an unhandled event to a control just causes the script to stop) came up here. Part of the handler for the control that deals with the return key had an issue, so it was e

Re: Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Sheffield
Mike, Did you already try iphoneSetKeyboardReturnKey? If so, and this didn't work for setting the return key, then the only thing I can think of would be to try and set the focus to some other control using the focus command, forcing the field to lose focus and the keyboard to dismiss. Maybe ev

Dismissing ios keyboard

2013-04-09 Thread Mike Kerner
ios: I have a single line field that I want to use with the numeric keypad. That baby has no return key, so I created a separate button on the screen to send the inputReturnkey message to it, because trying to send it a CR, typing a return does not seem to do anything. The problem is that afterwar

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/14/12 4:25 PM, Guglielmo Braguglia wrote: The Multiline Input control is an UITextView and, like all native controls, descend from UIView class so ... ... I suppose you can use the "backgroundColor" property and use the alpha value to make him transparent :-) Ha! This works. :) mobile

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
One more thing. Is it possible to get an input control to gain focus and display the iOS keyboard so it is ready to type into? If it matters, there is no associated LiveCode field. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/14/12 4:29 PM, Guglielmo Braguglia wrote: ... and Jaque, UIView have also two more properties : - opaque : Set to false if the control should be rendered with transparency. - alpha : Set to a value between 0 and 255 to blend the control with any controls underneath it. I have tried b

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread Guglielmo Braguglia
... and Jaque, UIView have also two more properties : - opaque : Set to false if the control should be rendered with transparency. - alpha : Set to a value between 0 and 255 to blend the control with any controls underneath it. :-) Guglielmo On 14.11.2012 22:56, J. Landman Gay wrote: O

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread Guglielmo Braguglia
Hi Jaque, don't worry, is quite quickly ... I use the message exactly to verify (and to remove) the CR that I don't wont in the text ;-) The Multiline Input control is an UITextView and, like all native controls, descend from UIView class so ... ... I suppose you can use the "backgroundColor"

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/14/12 2:08 PM, Guglielmo Braguglia wrote: Hi Jaque, I don't know if is the best solution, but actually, what I do to test the character inside the iOS/Android native fields (both single and multiline), is using the message "inputTextChanged" which is fired each character the user type ...

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread Guglielmo Braguglia
Hi Jaque, I don't know if is the best solution, but actually, what I do to test the character inside the iOS/Android native fields (both single and multiline), is using the message "inputTextChanged" which is fired each character the user type ... So ... put mobileControlTarget() into tTarge

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/14/12 8:07 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Jac, No, on iOS the single line input control is just that a 'single' line and even in xCode you can not get it to wrap. So you have to use a multiline control and as you have found out the multiline control is definitely a different beast altogethe

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-14 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Jac, No, on iOS the single line input control is just that a 'single' line and even in xCode you can not get it to wrap. So you have to use a multiline control and as you have found out the multiline control is definitely a different beast altogether. They are not at all what we are used to. M

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/13/12 6:07 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Also, is there a way to know if the user has typed the "hide keyboard" key to dismiss it? I want to treat that as a cancel. I still don't know about this one though. Also, I want a native iOS input control that allows no carriage returns but that

Re: iOS keyboard

2012-11-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/13/12 6:01 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: When you set the return key to "done" on an iOS keyboard, isn't it supposed to say "Done" on it? In the simulator at least, it still says "return". It behaves correctly, it's just mislabeled. Got thi

iOS keyboard

2012-11-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
When you set the return key to "done" on an iOS keyboard, isn't it supposed to say "Done" on it? In the simulator at least, it still says "return". It behaves correctly, it's just mislabeled. Also, is there a way to know if the user has typed the "

iOS keyboard anomaly?

2012-10-06 Thread Graham Samuel
I am still trying to make sense of iOS text input. I have constructed a very small app for testing purposes, in which I instantiate an iOS keyboard and make it visible. The visibility includes not only the keyboard but also the rectangle (aka field) where the user can type text. This is AFAIK

Triggering the iOS keyboard

2012-10-02 Thread Graham Samuel
#x27;s got to be finger trouble on my part but I just can't see it. I tried enabling the control as well (never needed to do this in my real app) but it had no effect. There is an additional oddness compared with my real app which must be relevant, I suppose - the actual control belon

Re: iOS Keyboard input question

2012-10-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/1/12 9:14 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: I'm working on an iOS app where keyboard input is allowed for a set of fields shown on the screen of the device: some are still visible when the keyboard comes up, i.e. not hidden by the keyboard - this is by design. These single-line fields are locked, wi

iOS Keyboard input question

2012-10-01 Thread Graham Samuel
I'm working on an iOS app where keyboard input is allowed for a set of fields shown on the screen of the device: some are still visible when the keyboard comes up, i.e. not hidden by the keyboard - this is by design. These single-line fields are locked, with TraversalOn true, since in iOS you ca

Determine size of iOS keyboard

2012-07-23 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Has anyone figured out how to determine via script at runtime the size of current iOS keyboard being displayed? Thanks -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

RE: Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-07 Thread John Dixon
No, the iOS keyboard properties are not redundant... I think that you would help yourself a lot if you used the UITextfield instead of using a regular LC field. You can then manipulate the keyboard properties more or less to your hearts' content...:-) Dixie > 1. thanks very much J

Re: Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-07 Thread Graham Samuel
1. thanks very much Jacque. I forgot (if I ever knew) that this preference exists. There is too much to remember, I find. 2. Looks like it works, tho clunky. I have not yet found out if one can instantiate an iOS keyboard by script - if not, the latest iOS Release Notes on setting keyboard

Re: iOS Keyboard options

2012-04-06 Thread Mark Smith
end if end openfield -- Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/iOS-Keyboard-options-tp4536997p4538612.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing li

Re: Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/6/12 3:01 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: Thanks Chris, traversalOn was the answer. Doesn't show up on the Property Inspector under its own name (I think it's called 'Focusable' which is perhaps slightly more meaningful, but different) The first thing I do whenever I need to reset my prefs is to

Re: Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-06 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks Chris, traversalOn was the answer. Doesn't show up on the Property Inspector under its own name (I think it's called 'Focusable' which is perhaps slightly more meaningful, but different) and I forgot about it. The dictionary entry explains it well enough, but of course first one has to re

Re: Another iOS keyboard question - properties of the keyboard

2012-04-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
There was a workaround posted to the forums: <http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=6982&p=54482&hilit=ios+keyboard+shift#p54482> I haven't tried it. On 4/6/12 6:16 AM, Phil Jimmieson wrote: I reported this as a bug to Rev in version 4.something. They acknowl

Re: iOS Keyboard options

2012-04-06 Thread Tim Jones
I can't answer for the other questions, but that little keyboard key is the "hide me" key and just closes the onscreen keyboard. It doesn't really have a keycode. Tim On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > In the latest LC iOS Release notes, the options for changing the keyboard

Re: Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-06 Thread Chris Sheffield
Graham, I just tried a quick test using a basic scrolling list field, dragged straight from the tool palette. The keyboard did not appear for me when selecting items in the field. I noticed that lockText is true and traversalOn is true. Maybe start there? Otherwise, maybe compare the properties

Yet another iOS keyboard question

2012-04-06 Thread Graham Samuel
I am going slightly nuts looking at this, but I seem to have lost the ability to show a scrolling field in the Simulator and allow the user to select a line, **without** an iOS native keyboard popping up. I am just trying to use the lines of the list as links, so I don't need to keyboard anythin

Re: Another iOS keyboard question - properties of the keyboard

2012-04-06 Thread Phil Jimmieson
I reported this as a bug to Rev in version 4.something. They acknowledged it but it's still listed as an open bug report in the quality centre. I hope they fix it soon (or someone knows a way around it). Sent from my iPhone On 6 Apr 2012, at 11:47, Graham Samuel wrote: > I'm g

Another iOS keyboard question - properties of the keyboard

2012-04-06 Thread Graham Samuel
I'm getting an iOS keyboard to come up by setting the lockText of a field to false when the user touches it - this is fine, up comes the keyboard. But the odd thing is that it appears set in 'caps lock' mode, with the shift key illuminated. This is one of several modes mentioned

iOS Keyboard options

2012-04-06 Thread Graham Samuel
In the latest LC iOS Release notes, the options for changing the keyboard type and the look of the return key are described, with this note: > If you wish to configure the keyboard options based on the field that is > being focused, simply use the commands in an openField handler of the given >

Adding row of numeric keys above default iOS keyboard

2012-04-01 Thread Mark Smith
screen shot of the iPad screen. The application is locked in portrait mode so that should help simplify things. Thanks -- Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Adding-row-of-numeric-keys-above-default-iOS-keyboard-tp4524105p4524105.html Sent from

Re: iOS keyboard input and rawKeyUp

2012-03-12 Thread Ludovic Thébault
Le 12 mars 2012 à 09:58, Ludovic Thébault a écrit : > Hello, > > When we tape a text in a field with the iOS keyboard, the rawKeyUp doesn't > catch anything. > How get the text typed to do a live filtering ? > > Tha

iOS keyboard input and rawKeyUp

2012-03-12 Thread Ludovic Thébault
Hello, When we tape a text in a field with the iOS keyboard, the rawKeyUp doesn't catch anything. How get the text typed to do a live filtering ? Thanks. LC 5.02 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this u