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Again, is there a list of all messages sent by various actions? <snippage> I don't think it is doable to compile an exhaustive list of all possible user actions and all invoked messages, such as: open a card, closeCard, openCard, preOpencard, possibly preOpenStack and openStack, etc etc etc. I must...

Yes, you can use the "on opencard" in the card's script and focus on any object you wont, of course avoiding the objects you don't want focused on. In the documentation, scroll down to "focus". Summary: Places the insertion point in a field or makes a control active. Examples: focus on field "Label...

So, among other problems, if I accidentally type something, the field text is destroyed. Check out these in the dictionary <snippage> traversalOn Setting a field's traversalOn to true enables the user to tab into or click in the field for editing (if the field's lockText property is false). If a fi...

Thanks, I've read each of those umpty-twelve times.

Does Revolution automatically set the focus to one of the group fields? Can I turn off that behavior other than by setting the focus elsewhere, on every OpenCard?

Thanks --

David
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Hi all, I'm converting many stacks from HyperCard to Revolution. Several of these have many fields, like address book stacks. One problem I have not yet gotten past: When a card opens, one of the fields is selected (active). So, among other problems, if I accidentally type something, the field text ...