Thanks Bernd, I had a feeling you'd respond to this one :-) My mistake on what type of field - it's a scrolling field not a scrolling list field.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:02 AM, BNig <bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de> wrote: > Pete, > > in a scrolling editable field with columnar data delimited by tabs of the > form > > data tab data return > data tab data return > > i.e. no additional tab before the return > > the following code works for me for the tab key and shit-tab key to move > from one item to the other (tested in 6.6.2, 6.7DP7 and 7.0DP8) > > ------------------------------------------------- > on tabKey > set the itemDelimiter to tab > put the selectedChunk into tSelect > put word 2 of tSelect into tIndex > put the number of lines of char 1 to tIndex of me into tCurrLine > put (the number of chars of line 1 to tCurrLine - 1 of me) + 1 into > tChars > put tIndex - tChars into tLineChar > put the number of items of line tCurrLine of me into tNoItemsInLine > put the number of items of char 1 to tLineChar of Line tCurrLine of me > into tCurrItem > > if the shiftKey is down then > if tCurrItem = 1 then > if tCurrLine > 1 then > select after item (the number of items of line tCurrLine - 1 of > me) of line tCurrLine - 1 of me > end if > else > select after item tCurrItem-1 of line tCurrLine of me > end if > else > if tCurrItem = tNoItemsInLine then > select after item 1 of line tCurrLine + 1 of me > else > select after item tCurrItem + 1 of line tCurrLine of me > end if > end if > end tabKey > -------------------------------------------- > the difference of the two scripts has to do with how LC counts items across > lines and within a line. > > I would rather not like to start a discussion about how items are > counted... > > Kind regards > Bernd > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Shift-tab-tp4681722p4681744.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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
