Hi,
>
> Given that, I still think it's better (and easier) to check for every
> key-press, but instead of launching an error dialog for an illegal name,
> just put the old legal name back into the text box and sound an beep or
> something. That's less intrusive than a big dialog being thrown righ
Hi Albert,
> At least I get two annoying bugs:
> 1) The cursor moves In front of the text when the Prefix is reverted.
> 2) When trying to delete text in the edit box, the last character
> sticks (can't be deleted).
>
> Does someone have a clue whats going on?
Hm, no (not a coder I am). But can y
On 09/02/12 14:53, Albert Thuswaldner wrote:
Hi,
[...]
So I have improved the patch according to Kohei's suggestion above.
Now I store the prefix at each key-stroke and check for illegal
characters. When an illegal character is entered, the text is reverted
back to the last good prefix. (So ba
On 09/02/12 14:53, Albert Thuswaldner wrote:
If it was up to me I would go for the visual bell. Any thoughts on this?
actually thinking about it some more I don't find it unnatural to have
the whole ( reverted ) prefix selected after entering an illegal
character ( I think this is a technique u
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:23, Noel Power wrote:
> On 09/02/12 14:53, Albert Thuswaldner wrote:
>>> 2) When trying to delete text in the edit box, the last character
>>> sticks (can't be deleted).
>
> well that would seem to be because your code thinks a blank prefix is
> illegal, I believe chang
