Thanks, that sounds like it should work. I have front scripts for suspendstack and resumestack already so this should be pretty easy.
Pete Haworth On Feb 27, 2011, at 1:30 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/27/11 2:12 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> I think Richmond is referring to the insertion point, not the cursor. > > He says no, but you've brought up a related issue. > >> I have noticed this before - if you place the insertion point >> somewhere in an LC control, switch to another application, then >> switch back to LC, the insertion point is gone. This is on a Mac. >> Other applications on the Mac don't act this way, they show the >> insertion point where it was last time you were in them. > > There's an automatic behavior when a card opens or resumes: the engine sets > the focus to the first control with traversalOn set to true. This has > happened since day one, and mostly I find it annoying, and it requires > work-arounds. On Windows, where buttons can have traversal, the first control > may be a button. On Mac, the first control is always the first editable field > (even though OS X lets you set up keyboard navigation through buttons.) > > The only workaround I know of is to store the selectedChunk on suspendStack > and restore it on resumeStack. > >> >> The dictionary description of the selectedLoc seems to imply it >> refers to the top left coordinates of any selected text - does it >> work if there is no text selected but you need to find out where the >> insertion point is? > > The selectedloc assumes there is an active selection, and is only used to > find the physical x,y coordinates on screen. If you only need to find out > where the insertion point is, use "the selectedChunk". That gives you a field > and character reference. If the insertion point is not placed, the > selectedChunk is empty. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
