The fog is lifting a bit and I can see why the card gets the focus. That
the focusedObject can change part way through a single line of script is a bit
unsettling. The original goal was to access a property of a field to update
the menus before they are shown and using the selectedField seems solid.
I don’t know if this is a bug or an observation. If anyone has an opinion
about submitting a bug report, I am happy to submit one.
Thanks,
John
On Oct 9, 2014, at 1:02 PM, J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/9/2014, 2:10 PM, John wrote:
>> While this may be the case in general, when the menubar script is:
>>
>> on mouseDown
>> put the long name of the focusedObject & return & return & the
>> focusedObject into field "results"
>> end mouseDown
>>
>> The first part of the put (the long name of the focusedObject) results in a
>> card on the main stack being written to the “results” field and the second
>> part of the put (the focusedObject) results in the field on the sub stack
>> being written to the “results” field.
>
> It still holds. Menus are buttons, buttons are not focusable on Mac, so
> LC reports the card as focused.
>
> I haven't tracked the problem with two different values in your scripts, but
> my first thought was like Mark's: on mouseDown the focus changes to the menu
> button. Since buttons can't have focus on Mac, you get the card reported
> instead.
>
> I almost never use focusedObject. The handler worked fine when you checked
> the selectedfield, which is how I have always done it too. The discrepancy
> you're seeing is interesting (and maybe worth a bug report,) but the
> alternative method is easy enough.
>
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> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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