Button detached dialog select edit box text

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#1

Initialising edit box text with selected file, like so

    var srcTab = clickData.func.sourcetab;
    if (srcTab.stats.selitems > 0) {
        dialog.Control("edit1").value = srcTab.selected(0).name_stem;
    }

Is there a way of automatically selecting edit box text when it is first displayed, if not is there a way of placing the cursor at the end of the edit box text.

#2

I haven't checked with script dialogs, but giving the edit control focus (control.focus method) should normally also select its text.

#3 
        dialog.Control("edit1").value = source.selected(0).name_stem;
        dialog.Control("edit1").focus = true;

doesn't select the text;

#4

Does the edit control already have focus when you change the text? That might stop it being selected (and would mean setting focus to the edit control was a no-op).

(This kinda of thing would be much easier if you post a small, self-contained example that we could try and modify ourselves.)

#5

Here is the button (work in progress)
Iconset maker v2.dcf (7.7 KB)

the if statement at line 45 is where the edit text if present wants to be selected.

#6

Thanks!

Here's a method that works, using SelectRange:

	if (source.stats.selitems > 0) {
		dialog.Control("edit1").value = source.selected(0).name_stem;
		dialog.Control("edit1").SelectRange(0,-1);
	}
#7

Works perfectly. Was only looking at properties in the documentation, should have looked further. Many thanks again.

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#8

I missed it myself when I first looked.