ReturnInField listbox/group Messagepath problem [SOLVED]

[Lagi Pittas]

Hi

I created a lookup routine using a listbox and allowed for return or doubleclick as a selection - everything worked fine.

I then wanted to do other processing that the listbox by itself couldn't do (or maybe me?) so I selected the listbox and made it a group.


I transferred all the listbox code into the group script - and it all works EXCEPT the returninfield handler is not called withingeither the group or the listbox scripts.

If I add a returninfield handler in the main stack it gets called - I would have thought it would get passed up to the group first as the next closest container, or am I missing something.

Best Regard Lagi

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Not sure I have this right. If I make a new list field and place this into its script:

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on returninfield
   put the selectedText of me
end returninfield

I get what I expect.

If I then group that field, and move the handler into the group script (note the modification required):

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on returninfield
   put the selectedText of the target
end returninfield

All works fine. Is that small change helpful?

Craig Newman

[Lagi Pittas]

Hi Craig

Thats what I did - but the Handler is never called in the Group script but gets handled in the main stack.

That's what had me stumped

Lagi

[dunbarx]

If you put a breakpoint in the group script handler, it does not detect the message? I assume you deleted the handler in the field script, right?

If it is firing in the stack script, something has made the message bypass several controls.

Craig

[Lagi Pittas]

Hi Craig

As soon as I read your answer/question the answer flashed into my head - I am using rrpgrid from runrevplanet.com (a fantastic piece of coding btw every(commercial) livecode user should check it out you'll be glad you did - anybody who has wished the standard grid was orthogonal, consistent and obvious in the way it works - anyway I digress). I remembered that the main routine uses a rawkeydown and although the code is not in a front script, I was pretty sure rawkeydown is called before returninfield in the standard message hierarchy . I put a blank rawkeydown handler within the menu button and lo and behold the group script returninfield is called (taking precedence over the returninfield I placed within the list box).

It's all very logical after the problem has been solved.

Thanks again Craig

Regards lagi