Thanks to all that replied... what a great community! Actually "select after
line 1 of the focusedObject" works best for me .. kinda of a combo of several
of the suggestions
Douglas Ruisaard
Trilogy Software
(250) 573-3935
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From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
Brian Milby via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:26 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Brian Milby
Subject: Re: move cursor to the end of a line in a field
To improve on my initial suggestion...
select after char -1 of field 1
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 23, 2020, at 3:22 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Douglas,
>
> you can use
>
> select after line x of fld y
>
> for this.
> For example to place the cursor after line 3 of fld "text" you would write
>
> select after line 3 of fld "text"
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>
> -
> Matthias Rebbe
> Life Is Too Short For Boring Code
>
>> Am 23.12.2020 um 20:57 schrieb Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> I need to position the cursor at the end of the contents of a single line
>> field. This can be "manually" done by pressing the "END" key while the
>> cursor is in that field. I want to do that positioning programmatically...
>> but ...
>>
>> I've searched all of the "...KeyDown" message options (e.g. commandKeyDown,
>> controlKeyDown, optionKeyDown) and the other "key" message options (e.g.
>> functionKey) and cannot find one which will tell me what the "END" key is...
>> a Windows resource tells me it is "35"....
>>
>> "rawKeyDown" tells me the raw key is 65367 ... but how do I "send" a rawkey
>> value to the active field? Or, ideally, can someone tell me how to
>> "emulate" the "END" key and position the cursor at the end of the contents
>> of a single line field?
>>
>> Likely simple but I just can't work it out. Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Douglas Ruisaard
>>
>> Trilogy Software
>> (250) 573-3935
>>
>>
>>
>>
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