I have, for decades, caused a transparent field to appear at the loc of the selectedText on mouseStillDown, loaded that field with that text, and then dragged the field from one place to another, dumping appropriately. Drag and drop is simulated nicely.
It has been discussed now and then, here and at the HC forum, for that long, Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Wed, Sep 28, 2011 4:31 pm Subject: Re: Managing the hilite color of selected text Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I have everything working now with an amalgam of the code suggested. Things were further complicated because I needed to drag and drop text into the field from a datagrid. 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
