Roger, For list fields use the hilitedLine(s) instead of the selection or the selectedLine.
Devin On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > I am probably missing something simple, but if I select a line in a list > field, then click a button that puts the selection into a variable, it > works the first time. However, if focus changes to another object, but the > selection is still visibly shown in the list field, the button now returns > empty. > > How can I get my button to always return the visibly selected content of > this specific list field? > > ~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 Devin Asay Humanities Technology and Research Support Center Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ 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