Yes! That was it. Thank you, Jacque (now I even know how to pronounce that :)
Slava > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:use-livecode- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:45 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: chasing the focus > > On 7/4/11 10:49 PM, Slava Paperno wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out why a field is losing focus and I don't know > > which tools to use for the hunt. > > > > At the very end of a mouseUp handler of a button I have this: > > > > on mouseUp > > ..... > > focus on field "SearchTarget" > > put the name of the focusedObject& cf after msg end mouseUp > > > > And I do see [field "SearchTarget"] in the Message box, as expected. > > But then focus immediately shifts to the card. > > If the button has autohilite set to true, it will remove the focus from a field when > you click it. As soon as your mouseup handler ends, focus disappears. The fix it > to turn off autohilite. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
