Surely the script depends on what you want those buttons to do. On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 03:41 Roger Guay via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
