Get active line in field

[doobox]

Hi there,

I cant seem to find the way to get the active line (currently flashing text cursor), in a text field..?

I am needing something resembling :

on textChange
put the activeLine of field "textField" into tCurrentWorkingLine
end textChange

[doobox]

Ahhh.. got it..

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on mouseUp
   put "test" after the selection
   put  the lineIndex of the selection into tCapturedLine
   put line tCapturedLine of field "test" into field "capturedLine"
end mouseUp

[Klaus]

Hi Gary,

... the lineindex of the selection...????
Where did you find this?


Best

Klaus

[Dixie]

Klaus...

He got it from the dictionary...

be well

Dixie

[Klaus]

Oh, this is LC 5.5, right?
OK, in that case I will not find it in MY dictionary yet

[doobox]

I did not find it in the dictionary.. Just guess work. Does the job though

[Klaus]

Hi Gary,

well, it IS not in the dictionary, that's what's puzzling me
So are you using LC 5.5?


Best

Klaus

[doobox]

Here is the concise way i ended up using it :

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on textChanged
   put  the lineIndex of the selection into tCapturedLine
   put line tCapturedLine of me into field "currentLine"
end textChanged

Year 5.5 but i don't see it in dictionary here either.

[doobox]

I tell a lie... lineIndex is there :

Examples:
-- Example: 2 lines of text in a field
-- Hello World
-- Goodbye World

the lineIndex of char 7 of field 1 -- 1
-- char 7 is on line 1


the lineIndex of word 4 of field 1 -- 2
-- word 4 is on line 2

[sturgis]

Ok wow. I obviously need to go through the new dictionary!

[Klaus]

Looks like I need to get some bucks and buy the update

[jacque]

The first thing I always do after a release is read the release notes, which are in the Help menu. At the bottom of the notes is a summary of all the new features. Then I know what to look up in both the release notes and the dictionary.