abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) (03/13/90)
Another question. I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know on which one he click on? The reason for this is that I have a stack that has 1000 cards. so I wantto create a table of content card so that a user can jump to any card he likes without scanning one by one. also I don't want the user to have to type a number in a field or have to pull the the go menu and use find or message command. This is why I want to have a scrollable list of numbers that a user can select from to jump to the appropriate card. any help or suggestions? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /\ ! ~~~~Hayaa Ala-falaah Abdennour Moussaoui || _~_~_ Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Oregon State University ||(_____) Laa Illaha Ila Allah~~~~ email=abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu |||_|_|_|
ALE101@psuvm.psu.edu (Allen Edmiston) (03/13/90)
In article <16815@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) says: >I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them >in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible >write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know >on which one he click on? though i really dont have an answer for this, i just wanted to suggest looking at the apple q&a stack along with the tech note stack, you could probably get alot of useful information from fiddling with them. Allen Edmiston
ako@cs.hut.fi (Arto Kojo) (03/14/90)
>From: abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) >I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them >in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible >write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know >on which one he click on? I've included a (SuperCard) field script that does the thing you want and highlights the selected line with SC graphic item. Standard highlight ("select line lineN of card field 1") wasn't good enough for me. However, I've got a further problem: How to detect line wrapping in field (if any line wraps, the script gets mixed) or prevent lines from wrapping in SuperCard scrolling fields ???? ----clip clap---- on mouseUp put the mouseV into clickY put the short name of me && "hilite" into grcName set the cursor to 4 put 2 into marginal --normal sized margins if the wideMargins of me is true then add (the textSize of me div 3) to marginal subtract marginal from clickY put (clickY - the top of me + the scroll of me) div the textHeight of me + 1 into lineN if lineN < 1 then put 1 into lineN if lineN > the number of lines in me then put the number of lines in me into lineN put the top of me + marginal + (lineN - 1) * the textHeight of me - the scroll of me + (the height of card graphic grcName div 2) into newY put the left of me + 2 + (the width of card graphic grcName div 2) into newX set the loc of card graphic grcName to newX,newY show card graphic grcName end mouseUp -- :::: Arto Kojo :::::::::::::::::::::: Helsinki University of Technology :::: :: TKK/TKO-lab/Y227 ako@hutcs.hut.fi :: :: 02150 ESPOO FINLAND s29808u@puukko.hut.fi :: :::: tel: +358-0-4513236 :::::::::::: akojo@otax.tky.hut.fi ::::::::::::::::
tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson) (03/14/90)
In article <AKO.90Mar14111614@hutcs.hut.FI> ako@cs.hut.fi (Arto Kojo) writes: > >From: abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) >I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them >in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible >write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know >on which one he click on? Put the following script (or a reasonable facimile thereof) in a **LOCKED** scrollable field and it will return the contents of the selection line within the field. Note that this MUST run under HC 1.2 or later. on mouseUp put the mouseV into m put item 2 of the rect of me into t put the scroll of me into s put the textHeight of me into th put (round((m-t+s)/th + 0.5)) into l if l > (number of lines in me) then beep put "" into chosenNumber else put line l of me into chosenNumber end if end mouseUp You can also add double-click detection by inserting the following as the first two lines of the handler: wait 7 ticks if the mouseClick then put TRUE into dc else put FALSE into dc Then, later in the script: if dc=TRUE then <do your double-click thing here> endif Hope this helps. Tom Johnson tomj@oakhill.UUCP
aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) (03/15/90)
In article <16815@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) says: >I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them >in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible >write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know >on which one he click on? Yes... You can get the line that was clicked on... I don't have the exact 'method' handy, but send me mail if you want me to look it up for you... -- -=Alan=- aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman|LSUC|Toronto) (03/15/90)
abdenour@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) writes: >I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them >in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible >write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know >on which one he click on? The below is what I use. As well as being simple, it avoids the problems of some of the other posted solutions when the line is long enough to wrap around to a second line on the field. Make sure the field is locked. on mouseUp set the lockText of me to false -- to allow selecting click at the clickLoc click at the clickLoc -- now the word clicked on is selected set the lockText of me to true -- so the user can't muck around select the selectedLine -- optional, to highlight the whole line clicked on put word 2 of the selectedLine into lineNumber go card (line lineNumber of me) -- or whatever end mouseUp If what you have is a list of card numbers or card names, "go card" will work fine. Otherwise, just get line lineNumber of me and do whatever you want with It (pun intended). If you find this useful, please let me know. David Sherman Toronto -- Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan att utzoo }!lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.on.ca
gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis) (03/16/90)
From article <1990Mar15.052929.5942@lsuc.on.ca>, by dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman|LSUC|Toronto):
- abdenour@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Abdennour A. MOUSSAOUI) writes:
--I have a list of numbers let us say from 1-1000. if I place them
--in a scrollable field (one number per line), is it possible
--write a script so that when a user click on a number then I will know
--on which one he click on?
-
- The below is what I use. As well as being simple, it avoids the
- problems of some of the other posted solutions when the line is
- long enough to wrap around to a second line on the field.
-
- Make sure the field is locked.
-
- on mouseUp
- set the lockText of me to false -- to allow selecting
- click at the clickLoc
- click at the clickLoc
- -- now the word clicked on is selected
- set the lockText of me to true -- so the user can't muck around
- select the selectedLine -- optional, to highlight the whole line clicked on
- put word 2 of the selectedLine into lineNumber
- go card (line lineNumber of me) -- or whatever
- end mouseUp
This solution works well when you have the possibility of wrapped
lines, but it is noticeably slower than calculating the line
clicked from the click point as others have suggested. If you have
a scrolling list of just numbers from 1 to 1000 then you
presumably don't need to worry about wrapped lines.
To get the contents of the selected line you can also just say
value of the selectedLine
instead of
line (word 2 of the selectedLine) of me
Gary Davistaylorj@yvax.byu.edu (03/16/90)
Yes, yes, I know lots of people posted their favorite script for selecting text
from a field, but they all suffered from bloated code or wouldn't work in all
cases. Below is the "canonical" clickLine function that handles regular
fields, scrolling fields, and fields with wide margins:
function clickLine
put the clickV - the top of the target into lineV
if the style of the target is "scrolling"
then add the scroll of the target to lineV
if the wideMargins of the target then subtract 4 from lineV
return lineV div the textHeight of the target + 1
end clickLine
You would use this in a locked field with a script something like
on mouseUp
select line clickLine() of me
end mouseUp
or
on mouseUp
go to card clickLine()
-- where cards are numbered to correspond to lines in the field
end mouseUp
By the way, the "the"s in the script above make it run FASTER, not slower as
you might expect.
Jim Taylor
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