Maybe the focusIn messgae might help.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM,  <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have several fields... myField1, myField2, etc.
>
> When the user clicks within a field, I want to detect the (?? selection, 
> insertion ??) and run a script.
>
> I've experimented for over an hour with no luck.
>
> The only thing I found that sort of works is:
> on mouseEnter
>   do stuff
> end mouseEnter
>
> The problem with that is that one of the things I want to do is change the 
> color of the field while the script is doing stuff and only change back to 
> the original color when the stuff is finished, and not when the mouse leaves. 
>  It is too clunky to require the user to leave the mouse in the field while 
> the stuff is being done.
>
> I hope that makes sense.
> Thanks for any help.
> Larry
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