Instead of using tab we use enterkey, that way both hardware and on-screen keyboards work.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 9:42 AM Andrew Bell via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I'm trying to tab from field to field in a mobile app when pressing > the TAB key on a bluetooth keyboard, but having no luck in an iOS app. > My "on tabKey" code works fine in the IDE but not on the iPad. > > After closer inspection of the dictionary, I discovered that the > tabKey handler is NOT supported by iOS. My attempt to use keyDown > instead is thwarted because according to that dictionary entry: "If > the key pressed is the Return, Tab, Backspace, Delete, or Enter key, > an arrow key, or a function key, no keyDown message is sent. Instead, > the returnKey, tabKey, backspaceKey, deleteKey, enterKey, arrowKey, or > functionKey message is sent." > > This led me to try rawKeyDown. When running in IDE this gives me a > proper key code (65289) but when running in iOS I'm returned a zero. > > on rawKeyDown tKeyName > ## THIS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THE tabKey CODE MOBILE FRIENDLY > if tKeyName = 0 or tKeyName = 65289 then > tabKey > else > pass rawKeyDown > end if > end rawKeyDown > > The code I hacked together will force a tab for a number of other > special characters (from quick tests, almost every key combo of ALT > and any other key returns 0 as well). I don't need to be too flexible > (this is an in-house product only running on 1 specific model of iPad > Pro) but am curious if there is a better way to approach this. > > --Andrew Bell > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
