Very useful to know. Thanks Dan Mark
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2024, at 7:13 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this > sort of behavior be part of it... > >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field >> too. I’m going to work on that. >> >> Bob S >> >> >>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dan, >>> >>> Nice... thanks! >>> >>> Ralph DiMola >>> IT Director >>> Evergreen Information Services >>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On >> Behalf >>> Of Dan Friedman via use-livecode >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:15 AM >>> To: How to use LiveCode >>> Cc: Dan Friedman >>> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl >>> >>> Panos, >>> >>> Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone >>> interested, here's the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type >> in >>> a mobile native field control: >>> >>> //this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is "multiline" and >>> the mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to "email" >>> >>> on inputTextChanged >>> put mobileControlTarget() into pField >>> put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText >>> >>> if pField = "phoneNumber" then >>> put "" into fText >>> put numbersOnly(pText) into pText >>> >>> if char 1 of pText = "1" then >>> put "" into fText >>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText >>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText >>> put fText into dataEntered["phone"] >>> exit inputTextChanged >>> end if >>> >>> if the number of chars in pText < 4 then >>> put pText into fText >>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText >>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText >>> else >>> if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then >>> put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText >>> put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText >>> end if >>> if the number of chars in pText > 6 then >>> put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText >>> end if >>> >>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText >>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText >>> end if >>> end if >>> end inputTextChanged >>> >>> function numbersOnly pNum >>> //returns only the numbers in pNum >>> put "" into fNum >>> repeat for each char c in pNum >>> if isNumber(c) then >>> put c after fNum >>> end if >>> end repeat >>> >>> return fNum >>> end numbersOnly >>> >>> on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText >>> if ("Android" is in the platform) then >>> mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in >>> xText+1,0) >>> end if >>> end androidGoLastChar >>> >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Dan Friedman >>> CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC >>> Voice: 909/484-2052 >>> http://www.clearvisiontech.com >>> >>> >>> From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of >>> panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>> Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>> Cc: panagiotis merakos <merak...@gmail.com> >>> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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
