Right clicking in Text Entry Field and show Popup Menu

[keithglong]

Hi All,

I am new to LiveCode and have a question. If I place a Text Entry Field onto a Stack, and then create a Popup Menu (i.e., as a Button Menu), how can I set it so that whenever the user right clicks in the Text Entry Field (i.e., such as after highlighting text), the applicable Popup Menu displays?

I have been playing with things but cannot seem to figure it out. (And my Popup Menus keep freezing when using the right mouse button. Strange.)

Are there any good examples out there? (I could not find any--but again, new here.)

Thanks!

Keith

[keithglong]

Hi Again,

Okay, I think I figured it out. I used the following code in the script for my Text Entry Field:

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on mouseUp theButton -- show popup menu on right-click
   
   if theButton is 3 then

      if there is a button PopUp then popup button Popup

   end if
  
end mouseUp

The problem is, if I highlight text in the Text Entry Field, and then right click, the text gets deselected when the Popup Menu shows. Is there any way to prevent the text from being deselected? (Or perhaps I should just add the selected text to the clipboard--or to a variable--BEFORE displaying the Popup Menu?)

Not sure.

Thanks,

Keith

[shaosean]

Set the traversalOn property of the popup menu to false.

[keithglong]

That did the trick; thanks shaosean! (And I am sure I will have many more questions down the line.)

LiveCode ROCKS! I love it.

Cheers from Florida,

Keith