Hi.
I am not exactly sure what you need, but I do something similar. I have a locked field "class" where I want to place one of several text options. I have an option button "class" that I reveal wherever I click the mouse down in the field. That button appears at the mouseLoc and I can then select something from it. The selected text is loaded into the proper line of the field. The button disappears. In the field script: on mouseDown set the loc of btn "class" to the clickLoc put item 2 of the loc of btn "class" into tLoc put trunc((tLoc - the top of me) / the textHeight of me) + 1 into tLine set the clickedLine of me to tLine --remember the line of recent interest end mouseDown on mouseUp show btn "class" at the clickLoc click at the loc of btn "class" end mouseUp And in the option button script: on menuPick pItemName put the clickedLine of fld "class" into tLine put pItemname into line tLine of fld "class" hide me end menuPick on mouseRelease hide me end mouseRelease Works fine. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Peter Brigham MD <pmb...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 7:56 am Subject: Re: Problem transferring focus to another object On Feb 14, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Terry Judd wrote: > Hi there - I’m trying to build a ‘fake’ optionmenu control where the > menu > is > a list field object that is popped up over the control. I have a > mouseMove > handler in the field to set the hilitedLines of the field and this > all > works > well provided the user clicks the control to popup the menu (field) > and > releases the mouse before selecting an option. However, if the mouse > is > held > down then the focus stays with the control and there doesn’t seem to > be any > way to hand it over to the menu (field). > > Any suggestions? Try grouping the control and the list field and putting the mousemove handler into the group script? -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig _______________________________________________ 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