Of interest, if "Select the text of me" is in the mouseUp handler of the field, it selects NOT all of the text, but all the lines from the mouse location down. Walt
-----Original Message----- From: Walt Brown [mailto:walter.h.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:44 AM To: 'How to use LiveCode' Subject: RE: Code To Minick Control-A, Control-C, Control-V (Select All, Copy, Paste) "Select the text of fld fFieldName" seems to work. Walt -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of stephen barncard Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:43 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Code To Minick Control-A, Control-C, Control-V (Select All, Copy, Paste) I am pretty sure "Select All" has to be done by script -- select character 1 to -1 of fld x On 5 December 2010 19:47, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: > The cut, copy, and paste are straightforward and included in the examples. > How do I script Select All? > > Bill > > On Dec 5, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Warren Kuhl wrote: > > > Disregard..I found it was as simple as copy and paste commands. > Sometimes a > > person overthinks the solution. :) > > > > Warren > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Warren Kuhl <warrenk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I am trying to determine how to select all text of a field and copy > >> to clipboard when a button is pressed... > >> > >> Similar to: > >> Control-A > >> Control-C > >> Control-V > >> > >> Thanks for any help! > >> Warren > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
