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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Great idea. But it doesn’t fire until AFTER the textfield loses
focus, so it’s no good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 09, 2010 9:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Inserting Special Characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
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Great idea - thanks.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Fri 08/01/2010 16:05<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Inserting Special Characters</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shouldn’t
that be onChange, rather than onChange<b><i>d</i></b>? Maybe getting the TF
onKillFocus would be a better choice?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul</span><span
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 08, 2010 7:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Inserting Special Characters</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exactly my thinking:</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>INTERFACE.prototype.trackTextFields
= function(){</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
this.onSetFocus = function(){</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
delete this.currentTF.onChanged;</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
this.currentTF = Selection.getFocus();</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
debug("got " + this.currentTF);</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
this.currentTF.onChanged = function(tf){</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
debug("CHANGED");</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
}</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
}</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
Selection.addListener(this);</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>}</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So I enable it by calling
rootIcon.trackTextFields; I see the debug as the focus changes, but I am not
seeing the change handler fire – WTF? I need to know the current TF AND the
position of the caret, so that when I click my special char insert button, I
know where to put it.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 08, 2010 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Inserting Special Characters</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Maybe
a global func that holds the tf id of the last tf with focus?<br>
<br>
<pseudo><br>
if object with focus=TF {<br>
last_active = TF ID<br>
}<br>
</pseudo><br>
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<br>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:27:12 +0000<br>
> From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
> Subject: [Xerte] Inserting Special Characters<br>
> <br>
> I want to have anumber of buttons insert special characters into a<br>
> textfield. How can I get the textfield that is currently selected when I<br>
> click a button?<br>
> <br>
> If I debug (Selection.getFocus()) after clicking the button, I get - of<br>
> course - the button, as I just selected it by clicking it. How can I<br>
> know the textField that has / did have the caret in it, and the position<br>
> of the caret?<br>
> <br>
> Previously I've done this by having the textfield update some variables<br>
> onChange, but this isn't an option in this case.<br>
> <br>
> J<br>
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