Hi Alex, what sequence are you trying to do that won’t work? If you tab into a field and then cmd-arrow (right or left) I think it restores the “selection” behavior you are looking for ie. you can then shift-cmd-right or left to select the chars. Would that be a work-around?
> On May 11, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > In a LC single line field (MacOS), the keys shift-cmd-rightarrow will select > from the current position to the end of the line, and add that to the > selection. > > BUT if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the field > and the key sequence above will move the cursor to the end *without* > selecting the characters. > > At that point, shift-cmd-leftarrow will move it back to the start, still > without selecting any characters. But if you do "something else" (e.g. left > arrow, insert a char, delete a char, ...) then normal behaviour resumes. If > you click into the field, everything behaves itself. > > Feels to me like a bug, but I'd be happy to be corrected. > > And, if I need to - any suggestions how I could script around it ? > > Thanks, > > Alex. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
