I had made a suggestion (Forum, “Message Watcher Enhancement”) that the message watcher have the ability to not only ignore certain messages, but to allow only certain messages. I am amazed this got no traction from anyone. It would also be terrific to only allow only those containing, say, the word “mouse”.
Craig > On Aug 10, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Thank you. mouseRelease is perfect for what I need. > > The specific app I am working in sends a crap load of messages - constantly - > as part of it's functions. Using the message watcher is practically useless > unless I took the time to filter out all the existing messages I am not > looking for. > > Thank you! > > On 8/10/2021 3:12 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> You can use the Message Watcher to see. For your needs, you'll get mouseDown >> and mouseRelease, as well as mouseStillDown, mouseEnter, mouseLeave, and >> some others you probably don't care about. >> >> On 8/10/21 1:44 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: >>> I have a list field with a number of lines that do not fill the whole >>> height of the field, so a user can click in the empty part of the field >>> below the last line with content >>> >>> When someone does click in the empty area of the field below the last line, >>> I am not seeing messages I would expect sent to the field. For example, no >>> 'mouseUp' is being sent. I get the expected 'mouseUp' if the user clicks on >>> any line that have content, but not in the space in the field after the >>> last line of content? >>> >>> Without me trying every possible message, does anyone KNOW what a field >>> does get sent if you click on a part of the field with no content? >>> >>> For example the field is sized to allow 10 lines visible, but only has 3 >>> lines: >>> Item One >>> Item Two >>> Item Three >>> >>> The field is set to List Behavior, Multiline Hilites, Non-contigious, and >>> Click to Toggle (Autohilite is NOT checked) >>> >>> If I click on lines 1, 2, or 3, I get the mouseUp I expect >>> >>> If I click below line 3 I get no museUp - this last case is what I am >>> asking about? Whould a mouseUp be sent? If not what messages are sent? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
