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 <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of > > panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > > Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:45 AM > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > > Cc: panagiotis merakos <merak...@gmail.com> > > 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: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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