Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
we don't have a universal field widget, and, the existing controls don't make it easy to do things like this. there are often ways to overcome, just like there are in c, but that doesn't mean i prefer c or swift or java or xojo sometimes workarounds are a means to identify opportunities to improve the product. On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 5:04 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Also, and without trying to put too fine a point on it, I’d like to > reiterate that Livecode is much less like a furniture store, and more like > an Ikea furniture factory, where there are lots of different parts, and > bits to hold the furniture together, but theoretically you could make any > kind of furniture you like. I think what you are asking for is a piece of > furniture, when you already have everything necessary to make your own > coffee table. :-) > > Bob S > > > > On Mar 6, 2024, at 11:11 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have > this > > sort of behavior be part of it... > > > > ___ > 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
Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Also, and without trying to put too fine a point on it, I’d like to reiterate that Livecode is much less like a furniture store, and more like an Ikea furniture factory, where there are lots of different parts, and bits to hold the furniture together, but theoretically you could make any kind of furniture you like. I think what you are asking for is a piece of furniture, when you already have everything necessary to make your own coffee table. :-) Bob S > On Mar 6, 2024, at 11:11 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this > sort of behavior be part of it... > ___ 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
Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
It’s too specific. For instance I always format phone numbers nnn-nnn- xnnn (the x is for extension). Some people bracket the area code with paras, some need the country code, some want to prepend 1+ etc. I was planning to have a format string of some sort, then follow that pattern as the user types. For instance: -- x the brackets indicating text to be replaced. I could exclude the brackets but I might want to have a format string that uses a literal n in the future, so I have to figure out how to do all that. Bob S > On Mar 6, 2024, at 11:11 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this > sort of behavior be part of it... > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field >> too. I’m going to work on that. >> >> Bob S >> >> ___ 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
Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Very useful to know. Thanks Dan
Mark
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> On Mar 6, 2024, at 7:13 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this
> sort of behavior be part of it...
>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field
>> too. I’m going to work on that.
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dan,
>>>
>>> Nice... thanks!
>>>
>>> Ralph DiMola
>>> IT Director
>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of Dan Friedman via use-livecode
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:15 AM
>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>> Cc: Dan Friedman
>>> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
>>>
>>> Panos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone
>>> interested, here's the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type
>> in
>>> a mobile native field control:
>>>
>>> //this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is "multiline" and
>>> the mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to "email"
>>>
>>> on inputTextChanged
>>> put mobileControlTarget() into pField
>>> put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText
>>>
>>> if pField = "phoneNumber" then
>>> put "" into fText
>>> put numbersOnly(pText) into pText
>>>
>>> if char 1 of pText = "1" then
>>> put "" into fText
>>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
>>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
>>> put fText into dataEntered["phone"]
>>> exit inputTextChanged
>>> end if
>>>
>>> if the number of chars in pText < 4 then
>>> put pText into fText
>>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
>>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
>>> else
>>> if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then
>>> put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText
>>> put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText
>>> end if
>>> if the number of chars in pText > 6 then
>>> put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText
>>> end if
>>>
>>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
>>> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
>>> end if
>>> end if
>>> end inputTextChanged
>>>
>>> function numbersOnly pNum
>>> //returns only the numbers in pNum
>>> put "" into fNum
>>> repeat for each char c in pNum
>>> if isNumber(c) then
>>> put c after fNum
>>> end if
>>> end repeat
>>>
>>> return fNum
>>> end numbersOnly
>>>
>>> on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText
>>> if ("Android" is in the platform) then
>>> mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in
>>> xText+1,0)
>>> end if
>>> end androidGoLastChar
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Dan Friedman
>>> CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC
>>> Voice: 909/484-2052
>>> http://www.clearvisiontech.com
>>>
>>>
>>> From: use-livecode on behalf of
>>> panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
>>> Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM
>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>> Cc: panagiotis merakos
>>> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl Hello Dan,
>>>
>>> I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately yes, on Android calling
>>>
>>> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText
>>>
>>> puts the cursor in the beginning of the text:
>>>
>>> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055
>>>
>>> RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this
>>> property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you
>> could
>>> make the fields to be multiline and give it a try.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Panos
>>> --
>>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will
format a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do
this on iOS as the command: mobileControlSet
"phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor AFTER the text so the user
can simply continue typing. But, on Android, the cursor is placed at
>> the
>>> beginning of the text after the
mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position
>>> of
the cursor on a native mobile text field?
I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange
property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And,
can I set the selectedRange to "16,15" to set the cursor location, not
select text?
Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I
have to. but I prefer to use the native control as it is
cross-platform and I don't need to case
Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
it would be nice to have a universal field widget, and be able to have this
sort of behavior be part of it...
On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field
> too. I’m going to work on that.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> > On Mar 6, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > Nice... thanks!
> >
> > Ralph DiMola
> > IT Director
> > Evergreen Information Services
> > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Dan Friedman via use-livecode
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:15 AM
> > To: How to use LiveCode
> > Cc: Dan Friedman
> > Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
> >
> > Panos,
> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone
> > interested, here's the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type
> in
> > a mobile native field control:
> >
> > //this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is "multiline" and
> > the mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to "email"
> >
> > on inputTextChanged
> > put mobileControlTarget() into pField
> > put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText
> >
> > if pField = "phoneNumber" then
> >put "" into fText
> >put numbersOnly(pText) into pText
> >
> >if char 1 of pText = "1" then
> > put "" into fText
> > mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> > androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
> > put fText into dataEntered["phone"]
> > exit inputTextChanged
> >end if
> >
> >if the number of chars in pText < 4 then
> > put pText into fText
> > mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> > androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
> >else
> > if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then
> >put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText
> >put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText
> > end if
> > if the number of chars in pText > 6 then
> >put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText
> > end if
> >
> > mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> > androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
> >end if
> > end if
> > end inputTextChanged
> >
> > function numbersOnly pNum
> > //returns only the numbers in pNum
> > put "" into fNum
> > repeat for each char c in pNum
> >if isNumber(c) then
> > put c after fNum
> >end if
> > end repeat
> >
> > return fNum
> > end numbersOnly
> >
> > on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText
> > if ("Android" is in the platform) then
> >mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in
> > xText+1,0)
> > end if
> > end androidGoLastChar
> >
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Dan Friedman
> > CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC
> > Voice: 909/484-2052
> > http://www.clearvisiontech.com
> >
> >
> > From: use-livecode on behalf of
> > panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
> > Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM
> > To: How to use LiveCode
> > Cc: panagiotis merakos
> > Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl Hello Dan,
> >
> > I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
> >
> > Unfortunately yes, on Android calling
> >
> > mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText
> >
> > puts the cursor in the beginning of the text:
> >
> > https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055
> >
> > RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this
> > property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you
> could
> > make the fields to be multiline and give it a try.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Panos
> > --
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will
> >> format a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do
> >> this on iOS as the command: mobileControlSet
> >> "phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor AFTER the text so the user
> >> can simply continue typing. But, on Android, the cursor is placed at
> the
> > beginning of the text after the
> >> mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position
> > of
> >> the cursor on a native mobile text field?
> >>
> >> I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange
> >> property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And,
> >> can I set the selectedRange to "16,15" to set the cursor location, not
> >> select text?
> >>
> >> Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I
> >> have to. but I prefer to use the native control as it is
> >> cross-platform and I don't need to case out for which platform we're
> >> on. You would need to create the control and hide the widget for iOS
> >> and show the widget for Android. I'll also
Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
That is damn handy. That could be massaged to work with a Livecode field too.
I’m going to work on that.
Bob S
> On Mar 6, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> Dan,
>
> Nice... thanks!
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan Friedman via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:15 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Dan Friedman
> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
>
> Panos,
>
> Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone
> interested, here's the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type in
> a mobile native field control:
>
> //this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is "multiline" and
> the mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to "email"
>
> on inputTextChanged
> put mobileControlTarget() into pField
> put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText
>
> if pField = "phoneNumber" then
>put "" into fText
>put numbersOnly(pText) into pText
>
>if char 1 of pText = "1" then
> put "" into fText
> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
> put fText into dataEntered["phone"]
> exit inputTextChanged
>end if
>
>if the number of chars in pText < 4 then
> put pText into fText
> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
>else
> if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then
>put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText
>put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText
> end if
> if the number of chars in pText > 6 then
>put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText
> end if
>
> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
> androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
>end if
> end if
> end inputTextChanged
>
> function numbersOnly pNum
> //returns only the numbers in pNum
> put "" into fNum
> repeat for each char c in pNum
>if isNumber(c) then
> put c after fNum
>end if
> end repeat
>
> return fNum
> end numbersOnly
>
> on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText
> if ("Android" is in the platform) then
>mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in
> xText+1,0)
> end if
> end androidGoLastChar
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Dan Friedman
> CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC
> Voice: 909/484-2052
> http://www.clearvisiontech.com
>
>
> From: use-livecode on behalf of
> panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
> Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: panagiotis merakos
> Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl Hello Dan,
>
> I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
>
> Unfortunately yes, on Android calling
>
> mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText
>
> puts the cursor in the beginning of the text:
>
> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055
>
> RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this
> property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you could
> make the fields to be multiline and give it a try.
>
> Kind regards,
> Panos
> --
>
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will
>> format a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do
>> this on iOS as the command: mobileControlSet
>> "phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor AFTER the text so the user
>> can simply continue typing. But, on Android, the cursor is placed at the
> beginning of the text after the
>> mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position
> of
>> the cursor on a native mobile text field?
>>
>> I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange
>> property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And,
>> can I set the selectedRange to "16,15" to set the cursor location, not
>> select text?
>>
>> Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I
>> have to. but I prefer to use the native control as it is
>> cross-platform and I don't need to case out for which platform we're
>> on. You would need to create the control and hide the widget for iOS
>> and show the widget for Android. I'll also have to case out the
>> setting and getting of the text as they have different methods. I'll do
> this if I have to, but I'd rather
>> have a single code set and not have to manage/update separate methods. I
>> would use the standard LC field, but client wants the standard
>> hold->popupMenu->paste command to work.
>>
>> Any thoughts or ideas?
>>
>> -Dan
>> ___
>> use-livecode mailing list
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit
RE: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Dan,
Nice... thanks!
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-Original Message-
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Dan Friedman via use-livecode
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2024 11:15 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Dan Friedman
Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Panos,
Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone
interested, here's the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type in
a mobile native field control:
//this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is "multiline" and
the mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to "email"
on inputTextChanged
put mobileControlTarget() into pField
put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText
if pField = "phoneNumber" then
put "" into fText
put numbersOnly(pText) into pText
if char 1 of pText = "1" then
put "" into fText
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
put fText into dataEntered["phone"]
exit inputTextChanged
end if
if the number of chars in pText < 4 then
put pText into fText
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
else
if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then
put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText
put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText
end if
if the number of chars in pText > 6 then
put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText
end if
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
end if
end if
end inputTextChanged
function numbersOnly pNum
//returns only the numbers in pNum
put "" into fNum
repeat for each char c in pNum
if isNumber(c) then
put c after fNum
end if
end repeat
return fNum
end numbersOnly
on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText
if ("Android" is in the platform) then
mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in
xText+1,0)
end if
end androidGoLastChar
Thank you!
Dan Friedman
CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC
Voice: 909/484-2052
http://www.clearvisiontech.com
From: use-livecode on behalf of
panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: panagiotis merakos
Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl Hello Dan,
I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
Unfortunately yes, on Android calling
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText
puts the cursor in the beginning of the text:
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055
RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this
property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you could
make the fields to be multiline and give it a try.
Kind regards,
Panos
--
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will
> format a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do
> this on iOS as the command: mobileControlSet
> "phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor AFTER the text so the user
> can simply continue typing. But, on Android, the cursor is placed at the
beginning of the text after the
> mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position
of
> the cursor on a native mobile text field?
>
> I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange
> property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And,
> can I set the selectedRange to "16,15" to set the cursor location, not
> select text?
>
> Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I
> have to. but I prefer to use the native control as it is
> cross-platform and I don't need to case out for which platform we're
> on. You would need to create the control and hide the widget for iOS
> and show the widget for Android. I'll also have to case out the
> setting and getting of the text as they have different methods. I'll do
this if I have to, but I'd rather
> have a single code set and not have to manage/update separate methods. I
> would use the standard LC field, but client wants the standard
> hold->popupMenu->paste command to work.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas?
>
> -Dan
> ___
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
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Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Panos,
Thank you for the suggestion! That worked out well! For anyone interested,
here’s the snippet for formatting a phone number as you type in a mobile native
field control:
//this assumes that the mobileControl type for Android is “multiline” and the
mobileSetKeyboardType has been set to “email”
on inputTextChanged
put mobileControlTarget() into pField
put mobileControlGet(pField,"text") into pText
if pField = "phoneNumber" then
put "" into fText
put numbersOnly(pText) into pText
if char 1 of pText = "1" then
put "" into fText
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
put fText into dataEntered["phone"]
exit inputTextChanged
end if
if the number of chars in pText < 4 then
put pText into fText
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
else
if (the number of chars in pText > 3) then
put "(" & char 1 to 3 of pText & ")" into char 1 to 3 of fText
put " " & char 4 to 6 of pText after fText
end if
if the number of chars in pText > 6 then
put "-" & char 7 to 10 of pText after fText
end if
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",fText
androidGoLastChar "phoneNumber",fText
end if
end if
end inputTextChanged
function numbersOnly pNum
//returns only the numbers in pNum
put "" into fNum
repeat for each char c in pNum
if isNumber(c) then
put c after fNum
end if
end repeat
return fNum
end numbersOnly
on androidGoLastChar mControl,xText
if ("Android" is in the platform) then
mobileControlSet mControl,"selectedRange",(the number of chars in xText+1,0)
end if
end androidGoLastChar
Thank you!
Dan Friedman
CEO, ClearVision Technologies, LLC
Voice: 909/484-2052
http://www.clearvisiontech.com
From: use-livecode on behalf of
panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: panagiotis merakos
Subject: Re: Cursor Placement in MobileControl
Hello Dan,
I take it you are formatting the text in inputTextChanged?
Unfortunately yes, on Android calling
mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text", pText
puts the cursor in the beginning of the text:
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24055
RE using the selectedRange with mobile native controls, I think this
property is supported only on multiline input fields. So I suppose you
could make the fields to be multiline and give it a try.
Kind regards,
Panos
--
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 18:53, Dan Friedman via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create a field on mobile (iOS and Android) that will format
> a phone number as your type (client request). I am able to do this on iOS
> as the command: mobileControlSet "phoneNumber","text",pText puts the cursor
> AFTER the text so the user can simply continue typing. But, on Android,
> the cursor is placed at the beginning of the text after the
> mobileControlSet command is called. Is there a way to set the position of
> the cursor on a native mobile text field?
>
> I did notice that the Android Native Field widget has a selectedRange
> property. Can I use this property on a native Android control? And, can I
> set the selectedRange to “16,15” to set the cursor location, not select
> text?
>
> Why not just use the Android Native Field widget, you ask? I will if I
> have to… but I prefer to use the native control as it is cross-platform and
> I don’t need to case out for which platform we’re on. You would need to
> create the control and hide the widget for iOS and show the widget for
> Android. I’ll also have to case out the setting and getting of the text
> as they have different methods. I’ll do this if I have to, but I’d rather
> have a single code set and not have to manage/update separate methods. I
> would use the standard LC field, but client wants the standard
> hold->popupMenu->paste command to work.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas?
>
> -Dan
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