On 3/23/04 4:21 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So you are allowing your user to resize the field by switching to the Select > tool but yet you want the text editing behavior of the Browse tool when the > user clicks in the field? Yes! > Hmmmm ... usually when folks want the user to have > control over field sizing, they stay in the browse mode and use mouse and > click > controls to trigger the drag sizing of the field. I tried it your way, though, > and it works! I just created mouseEnter and mouseLeave handlers to switch > between the tools. That happens to be exactly what I am testing right now! One nice thing about using mouseEnter and mouseLeave is that it seems more "interactive". You can hilite the selected object while moving the mouse without waiting for a mouse click. > The only odd part was being able to sneak up on a text > field > and select it for moving or sizing before it switched me to browse for > editing. > I did get that to work, though, by increasing the border width and then > modifiying the mouse traps to allow for it's thickness before making the > switch. > > Is that what you meant ? Yes, pretty much. I stupidly programmed myself into somewhat of a corner though where I am use a mouseMove handler to constantly set the current tool. But I'll just uncorner myself somehow. :) doug > > In a message dated 3/22/04 10:11:42 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I mean in an app. >> >> On 3/23/04 2:50 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Use the Contents section of the Inspector, or change back to the Browse >>> tool. >>> >>> On 23 Mar 2004, at 3:01 pm, Doug Lerner wrote: >>>> In an app I'm working on, if I have the select tool chosen and click >>>> on a >>>> text field I can move the text field, resize it and delete it. But I >>>> can't >>>> select the text inside the text field in order to modify it. What's the >>>> usual way of doing this? >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > This email has been screened by Engate Spam Sentinel _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
