On 4/6/13 2:20 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
Trying to implement an auto completion function for a text field.
I have a keyUp handler that gets the current contents of the field and
searches though a list of possible matches. If one is found, I tried
setting the text of the field to it. I see the match turn up in the field,
but when I leave the field, an exitField message is sent rather than a
closeField message, indicating that the field contents didn't change, which
they clearly did.
Next I tried using the type command to put the extra characters of the
matched string into the field. That works but looks kinda
clunky especially if it's a lengthy string, even though I set the typing
rate to zero before issuing the type command, .
Setting the text of the field is very smooth but the lack of a closeField
message makes it impractical for me. Seems like setting a field's contents
should make it aware that its contents have changed but apparently not.
Any tricks to achieve this?
Send "closefield" yourself at the end of the insertion handler. Though
I'm not sure you need that message; if there is some action a closefield
handler does, separate it out and then call that handler instead.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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