Re: text color part 2
This still isn't exactly what I want. Given search term of http: this will change color of the entire word http://somesite.com;. I only want to change the color of what matches. Tried the following: on mouseUp set the traversalOn of field Results to true put the text of field Results into tResults put the text of field SearchField into strSearch put the length of strSearch into tLength put 1 into tFramePos put 0 into tPreviousOffset repeat while tFramePos 0 put itemOffset(strSearch,tResults,tPreviousOffset) into tFramePos select characters (tFramePos+tPreviousOffset) to (tFramePos+tPreviousOffset+tLength) of field Results set the textColor of the selection to red set the BackgroundColor of the selection to yellow put tFramePos + tPreviousOffset into tPreviousOffset end repeat end mouseUp I get a syntax error on the select characters line. After consulting the Dictionary/User Guide/web I can't find syntax how to select characters. Am I specifying this wrong or is there another command to do this? Thx, John On Nov 21, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: you can set the textcolor of the selection to red Be aware though, if you just have an insertion point in the field, and set the textcolor of the selection to red, any typing done afterwards will be red. If this isn't what you desire you'll probably want to check to see what is selected so you can avoid this behavior. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:31 PM, John Brozycki jo...@hvc.rr.com wrote: Is it possible to select text in a field and change the text or highlight color of JUST the selected text? I realize I could do this with HTML ( such as FONT COLOR=#00) but what if you are trying to highlight and display HTML source, and thus the field is plaintext so that HTML commands display instead of being rendered in the field? find string... - only provides a highlight box around sequential searches for the text, and in the same color of the text. set the textColor of field x... - changes the color for the entire field. Any suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks, John ___ 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: text color part 2
John- If you can get by without setting the background color, try using the htmlText property of the field, something like this: on mouseUp local tText local tStrReplace put the htmlText of field Original into tStrReplace put font color= quote red quote \ field SearchField \ /font into tStrReplace replace field SearchField with tStrReplace in tText set the htmlText of field Results to tText end mouseUp -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ 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: text color part 2
Mark, Thanks for the suggestion. I've typically done just that to color text. The problem is, in this case, the field contains plaintext that is actual html, and I need to be able to view it without it disappearing and modifying other text. For example, a search could be done on, say, font and I want it to find all of this occurrences and color them to make them stand out. Mike's suggestion got me to an answer, and we both posted working solutions. Just want to say how thankful I am for this list and everyone who has helped me either directly by replying to a question I asked, or indirectly by helping someone else and I've benefited from the answer. Best, John On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: John- If you can get by without setting the background color, try using the htmlText property of the field, something like this: on mouseUp local tText local tStrReplace put the htmlText of field Original into tStrReplace put font color= quote red quote \ field SearchField \ /font into tStrReplace replace field SearchField with tStrReplace in tText set the htmlText of field Results to tText end mouseUp -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ 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: text color part 2
John- Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 5:22:51 PM, you wrote: Mark, Thanks for the suggestion. I've typically done just that to color text. The problem is, in this case, the field contains plaintext that is actual html, and I need to be able to view it without it disappearing and modifying other text. For example, a search could be done on, say, font and I want it to find all of this occurrences and color them to make them stand out. Mike's suggestion got me to an answer, and we both posted working solutions. Fair enough, but I still would opt for the replace command for speed rather than a repeat loop. A couple of extra lines allows you to have html tags embedded in the text itself. Just a thought. on mouseUp local tText local tStrReplace local tSearchString put the htmltext of field Original into tText put the htmltext of field SearchField into tSearchString -- remove the p and /p strings delete char 1 to 3 of tSearchString delete char -4 to -1 of tSearchString put font color= quote red quote \ tSearchString \ /font into tStrReplace replace tSearchString with tStrReplace in tText set the htmltext of field Results to tText end mouseUp -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ 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
