Hello Dan, I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
Unfortunately yes, on Android calling mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText puts the cursor in the beginning of the text: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055 RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you could make the fields to be multiline and give it a try. Kind regards, Panos -- On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will format > a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do this on iOS > as the command: mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor > AFTER the text so the user can simply continue typing. But, on Android, > the cursor is placed at the beginning of the text after the > mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position of > the cursor on a native mobile text field? > > I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange > property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And, can I > set the selectedRange to “16,15” to set the cursor location, not select > text? > > Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I > have to… but I prefer to use the native control as it is cross-platform and > I don’t need to case out for which platform we’re on. You would need to > create the control and hide the widget for iOS and show the widget for > Android. I’ll also have to case out the setting and getting of the text > as they have different methods. I’ll do this if I have to, but I’d rather > have a single code set and not have to manage/update separate methods. I > would use the standard LC field, but client wants the standard > hold->popupMenu->paste command to work. > > Any thoughts or ideas? > > -Dan > _______________________________________________ > 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
