*sigh* my mistake again. Even when selecting a word with script it doesn't work. (I still had locktext on, combined with traversal being off, and THAT worked. As soon as I turned the locktext back off it failed to work)
Shutting up now, till I get some sleep. :D On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > One last thing. On windows, with traversalon and locktext to true, text is > selectable, but as expected there is no insertion point. The only way I > can make a selection with traversalon = false is to double click a word. > > This is the opposite of just setting the locktext to true, one can drag > and select, but multi clicks don't select. getting the selectedtext of > field "whatever" does indeed work. (and you could turn off the focusborder > too) > > My guess is that despite the hilite that appears when traversal is off, > the text isn't actually selected. To test this, I had a button set the > selection, made sure that traversal was off, then put the selectedtext of > the field, and it worked as expected. > > So, I'd call it a bug. Either a) one shouldn't be able to faux select in > that mode, or b) it should be an actual real selection which it obviously > is not. > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I'll submit one. >> >> Bob S >> >> >> > On Feb 24, 2017, at 09:21 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> > >> > Nevermind, it doesn't work, and I think it should. Enhancement request? >> > Bug? >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> of field "fieldname" is an optional argument youcan use. >> >> >> >> get the selectedtext of field "myfield" >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < >> >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi all. >> >>> >> >>> The Short Version: >> >>> >> >>> Is there a way to get the hilited text for a control without focus? >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
