Re: Selecting text across multiple fields
Jonathan, There is a request for some version of mouseDown to pass along its message to the target it is over instead of hogging it all. Don't waste your time with any of the mouse messages except mouseMove or the way I do it: On mouseDown myMouseDown end mouseDown on myMouseDown -- check if mouse is down and check over what --act upon that -- check f mouse is up and check over what -- act upon that send myMouseDown to me in 50 milliseconds end myMouseDown I really hope they give us a fix or alternative for this. I thought a penDown would be better since it won't break mouseDown and would more closely match how this is supposed to work in on a PDA (with a pen). Vote for this enhancement. Tom On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I see also that I have to use mouse(3) to start the selection. An open field just will not receive a mousedown message from mouse(1) - even selectionchanged does not work for this, because it is sent when the mouse is released, not when the mouse is pressed. Torment. Thanks Ken. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ray Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 12:55 PM To: Use Revolution List Subject: Re: Selecting text across multiple fields On 12/9/05 10:22 AM, "Lynch, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to figure out how to select text with the mouse across multiple fields. The problem is that with the mousebutton down, messages only get sent to the starting field, not other fields that you move the mouse over. Does anyone have suggestions on how to overcome that? You need to a use mouseMove and then check to see if the mouseLoc is within the rect of a specific field or object. You can't use the mouseControl either for the same reason you mentioned. If you have a lot of objects, you'll need to loop over them. Not pretty, but it works if you don't have a large number of objects. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Selecting text across multiple fields
I see also that I have to use mouse(3) to start the selection. An open field just will not receive a mousedown message from mouse(1) - even selectionchanged does not work for this, because it is sent when the mouse is released, not when the mouse is pressed. Torment. Thanks Ken. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ray Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 12:55 PM To: Use Revolution List Subject: Re: Selecting text across multiple fields On 12/9/05 10:22 AM, "Lynch, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to select text with the mouse across > multiple fields. > > The problem is that with the mousebutton down, messages only get sent to > the starting field, not other fields that you move the mouse over. > > Does anyone have suggestions on how to overcome that? You need to a use mouseMove and then check to see if the mouseLoc is within the rect of a specific field or object. You can't use the mouseControl either for the same reason you mentioned. If you have a lot of objects, you'll need to loop over them. Not pretty, but it works if you don't have a large number of objects. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Selecting text across multiple fields
On 12/9/05 10:22 AM, "Lynch, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to select text with the mouse across > multiple fields. > > The problem is that with the mousebutton down, messages only get sent to > the starting field, not other fields that you move the mouse over. > > Does anyone have suggestions on how to overcome that? You need to a use mouseMove and then check to see if the mouseLoc is within the rect of a specific field or object. You can't use the mouseControl either for the same reason you mentioned. If you have a lot of objects, you'll need to loop over them. Not pretty, but it works if you don't have a large number of objects. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
