Ken and Mike, (actually the field is unlocked) Thanks, I had yet to find these two messages. LC is so complex these days; however, I see they've been around since 1.0, so my bad. (smile) You guys are great!
Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect On May 22, 2011, at 5:09 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > You can use returninfield and enterinfield for this, if you put the > following in the script for the field. > > *on returninfield* > * exit returninfield* > *end returninfield* > * > * > *on enterinfield* > * exit enterinfield* > *end enterinfield* > > as long as you don't pass enterinfield or returninfield the enter and return > keys will be ignored by the field. > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepe...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Earlier I thought I had a solution for this, but I'm not happy with what >> I've come up with. Anyone have a simpler/better solution? >> >> I put the following into the field's script and it works - kind of, but not >> until the user leaves the field: >> >> on mouseOver >> global gTemp >> lock screen >> put me into gTemp >> end mouseOver >> >> on mouseleave >> global gTemp >> if the number of lines in the me > the number of lines in gTemp then put >> gTemp into me >> unlock screen >> end mouseleave >> >> This is a real kludge. There must be a better way. >> >> Thanks everyone! >> >> Joe Lewis Wilkins >> Architect _______________________________________________ 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