Thanks, Alex. Sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I’m building a calculator stack with forward and back arrow buttons and a Delete button. What's the script for these buttons?
Roger > On Nov 4, 2021, at 5:53 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > I'm not sure I properly understand your question. > > here's a code snippet the moves the insertion point (in this sample, typing > an 'f' moves it forward, 'b' moves it back). (Note this also works if there > is some text selected - it moves the insertion to just after the selection, > just like the arrow key does). > >> on keydown p >> local t >> switch p >> case "f" >> put word 4 of the selectedchunk into t >> select after char (t+1) of me >> break >> case "b" >> put word 2 of the selectedchunk into t >> select before char (t-1) of me >> break >> end switch >> end keydown > To then delete the char in front of it, you'd do something like > > put empty into char (t+1) of me > > Hope that's close enough to what you were asking, or at least gives you a > starting place :-), > > Alex. > > On 04/11/2021 20:49, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> I simply want to be able to move the insertion iBeam in a focused field left >> and right, one char at a time (just like the left and right arrows keys), >> and then to delete the char in front of it (just like the Delete key). The >> dictionary was again of no use to me. Can someone please provide sample >> scripts? >> >> Thanks, >> Roger >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
