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dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:20 am
by Jellobus
Hi everyone!
I am trying to solve an issue with characters without space in field. set dontWrap to false does not affect characters without space. look at the link first,
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/2 ... -wrap-text
I tested this script with
on keyUp message in the field script, but it seems this method needs two fields. I like to make it with a single field but did not succeed..Must be there is a way to achieve. Can anyone make it with a single field?
Cheers,
Louis
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:34 am
by Simon
Hi Louis,
This works
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on closeField
put wordWrapped(me,25) into me
end closeField
put that into the field script.
It triggers when you leave the field.
Not sure you'll be happy with that but give it a try.
Write back if you want help trying a different way.
Simon
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:06 am
by dave.kilroy
Hi Louis
What Simon said - plus, you might also want something to clean out those inserted 'return's from your string of chars - the following code all goes in the field's script:
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on openField
cleanString
end openField
on closeField
callWrapper
end closeField
on exitField
callWrapper
end exitField
on cleanString
local tString
repeat for each char c in the text of me
if c <> return then put c after tString
end repeat
put tString into me
end cleanString
on callWrapper
local tWidth
put 25 into tWidth
put wordWrapped(the text of me,tWidth) into me
end callWrapper
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:15 pm
by jacque
Wouldn't removing the returns just unwrap it again?
At any rate, a faster way to remove the returns in a text block is to use the "replace" command. That way you don't need to loop through every character, which is slow:
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on cleanString
put the text of me into tString
replace cr with empty in tString
put tString into me
end cleanString
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:37 pm
by dave.kilroy
Hi Jacque
Well yes - I was thinking the OP might need to use the string of chars without returns in it
And yes - "replace cr with empty" is both more elegant and faster
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:01 am
by Jellobus
Hi, Simon, Dave, and Jacque.
Thanks for your advice
I tested your script and found that spaces between words are removed if I repetitively open and close to edit text of field.
Is it possible to make field behaves like a memo app in ios? so chars will be wrapped as soon as users type it in the field.
Thanks for your creative idea!
Louis
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:17 am
by Simon
Hi Louis,
This may do what you want but I'm not very happy with it.
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global i
on closeField
put 0 into i
end closeField
on focusIn
put 0 into i
end focusIn
on keyDown
if the length of me > i + 10 then
put cr after me
add 10 to i
end if
pass keyDown
end keyDown
I think you are better off with the wordWrapped function.
Simon
Re: dontwrap property & char without space
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:05 pm
by Jellobus
Hi Simon,
Thanks your suggestion. I have tried like yours (slightly different) but the behavior of field was not consistent. I am keep trying to find solution to make a field behaves like typical memo app in mobile. I will post it if I find a way to achieve it.
Cheers,
Louis