On 17 Mar 01 at 12:17, arachne-digest wrote:
> From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Neil Parks wrote:
> > Click into a text editing area on a form. Instead of typing into that
> > area, press F3. You'll get a popup with the default filename
> > "TEXTAREA.TXT" filled in. Press Ctrl-Y to clear the default, and
write in
> > the name of the file you want to insert. Press enter, and the file
will
> > be pasted into the text area just as if you had typed it.
>
> I'll ignore the presence of the word "click" above, and just comment on
the
> fact that you have pointed out an almost hidden function. <G>
You can get into the text area by tabbing if you insist on totally rodent-
free operation. But in my experience, tabbing takes more effort than
clicking in this case. Arachne's tab order isn't always what I
expect.
> F3 would: a) bring up that SLOT - and b) actually insert the file ?
> BTW, "cntrlR" does the same thing and is a bit more straightforward as
> there
> is no "dual" function involved to add to my confusion. <G>
I learned about F3 in this very forum some time ago, when I posed the
question of whether it was possible to paste into a form. Thanks for
the news that ctl-R does the same thing--I did not know that till now.
Always good to have more than one right way to do things.
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