If you use clickchunk rather than selectedchunk the space issue goes away. (no chunk returned when clicking space)
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Doh, you said locked field, but it should work either way. > > Yep, just tested and the same code works for both locked and unlocked. > Only thing is, if the intervening space is clicked the following word is > returned so you might need to check for this case. > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On an unlocked text field I tried this: >> >> on selectionchanged >> put word (the number of words in char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedchunk) >> of field 1) of field 1 into field 2 >> end selectionchanged >> >> And it works fine. >> >> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Words are defined by LiveCode to include punctuation. >>> put word 2 of "the check-up is good" returns "check-up" >>> >>> The clickText function doesn't include punctuation in the word. >>> If you put the phrase "the check-up is good" in a locked field, >>> clickText only returns either "check" or "up" depending on which part is >>> clicked. >>> >>> How do I include punctuation in the entire word the user clicks on? >>> In this example I want "check-up" returned >>> >>> Bill Vlahos >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
