Setting field focus

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:02:23 -0800
From: "Steven De Mar (ArtSource)" 
Subject: Setting field focus in Director...

Here is one that I always end up forgetting but then when I need it, it isn't posted anywhere. It is "how do you set the field focus in a Director field via lingo".

Here is one way that works for me. Say you have a series of fields on the stage and you want to set the focus to one in particular. And lets say it isn't in the tabbing order that they were created with at author time. Here is what you do...


on setFldFocus aFldSprt, listFldSprites -- a linear list of your field sprites

   -- clear the focus from all field sprites
   repeat with nextFld in listFldSprites
       set the editable of sprite nextFld = FALSE
   end repeat

   -- set the focus to your target field sprite
   set the editable of sprite aFldSprt = TRUE
end

Simple enough, but it isn't documented anywhere and whenever I look for it I go nuts.