...thanks Chris - I've added the screen lock/unlock (another first!), but I don't need to worry about long lines, because the list text Card names need to be visible in a fixed-width sidebar with no horizontal scrolling.
So, I have... on mouseMove lock Screen set the hilitedlines of me to (word 2 of the mouseline) unlock Screen end mouseMove Oh, and this behaves itself nicely in a list field with empty space at the bottom. Best, Keith.. On 12 May 2011, at 16:02, Nonsanity wrote: > select line (word 2 of the mouseline) of me > > That should work regardless of list behavior being on or off. If you use a > mousewheel while hovering, the selection won't move until you move the mouse > a little. I was tempted to add the same line to a scrolldrag handler, but > that went crazy when the mouse was at the bottom of the field (causing a > partially visible line to be selected and scrolled into view... recursion). > So don't. :) > > If that was really a problem, you COULD add the scrollDrag handler, but > would have to check the lines being selected and make sure it doesn't > recurse... Or just check for recursion and exit. > > With non-list fields, if the line is longer than the width of the field, it > will scroll horizontally to the end. You'll need to do this; > > on mousemove > lock screen > select line (word 2 of the mouseline) of me > set the hscroll of me to 0 > unlock screen > end mousemove > > The lock screen prevents a flicker. > > ~ Chris Innanen > ~ Nonsanity _______________________________________________ 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
