OK, thanks. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD <pmb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Sep 26, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Pete wrote: > > > Thanks Peter, that sounds like it should work, I guess I'd assumed that > LC > > would remember the selected text. > > > > The dictionary says that if no text is selected, the end char part of the > > selectedChunk is less than the startchar so I guess I'll need to check > for > > that so that a normal insert works. > > No need. If you have an insertion point after char 5 of a field, the > selectedchunk is <char 6 to 5 of fld "targetField">, and putting a text > string into char 6 to 5 of fld "targetField" will insert the text after char > 5 of the field, Ie, where the insertion point was. > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD <pmb...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> You could set a customprop of the field control on mouseleave: > >> > >> on mouseleave > >> set the uSelChunk of me to the selectedchunk > >> end mouseleave > >> > >> then in your dragdrop handler: > >> > >> put the uSelChunk of fld "targetField" into selCh > >> put word 2 of selCh into startChar > >> put word 4 of selCh into endChar > >> put the clipboardData["text"] into char startChar to endChar of fld > >> "targetField" > >> > >> -- Peter > >> > >> Peter M. Brigham > >> pmb...@gmail.com > >> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > >> > >> > >> On Sep 26, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Pete wrote: > >> > >>> I'm trying to find a way to drag and drop text from a datagrid into a > >> field > >>> control. If no text is selected in the field control, the text should > be > >>> inserted at the insertion point; if text is selected, the dragged text > >>> should replace the selected text. > >>> > >>> The way I'm doing this is: > >>> > >>> - The dragStart handler for the datagrid places the text I want to > insert > >>> into the clipboardData["text"] > >>> - The dragEnter handler for the field control sets the focus on the > field > >>> control > >>> - The dragDrop handler for the field control issues a paste command > >>> > >>> That all works fine when no text is selected in the field control, LC > >>> appears to remember where the insertion is in the field control. > >> However, > >>> let's say I select some text in the field control. As soon as I click > on > >> a > >>> line in the datagrid to start the drag/drop operation, the text is no > >> longer > >>> selected in the field control and when I drop the text into the field > >>> control it is inserted at what was the end point of the text I had > >>> originally selected. > >>> > >>> To illustrate, if the field control contains "This is my Text" and I > >> select > >>> the word "my", then drag the text "your" to the field Control, it will > be > >>> inserted right after "my" instead of replacing it. > >>> > >>> Am I setting about this the wrong way or can this approach be made to > >> work > >>> somehow? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Pete > >>> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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
