Livecode: Detect cursor position inside the field

Question

Is there a way to detect if the user has move the cursor somewhere in the field?

Looks like the field does not trigger any mouseDown or mouseUp event when I click the edit field.

Also, can we return the position of the cursor inside the field when the user click inside the field?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '15 at 21:00

Use the selectionChanged message to detect changes in the cursor position. Use openField to find out when the user clicks in an unlocked field. The selectedChunk tells you exactly where the cursor is. If no text is selected, the first number in the selectedChunk is higher than the last number. If text is selected, the first number is lower than the second, e.g. char 3 to 10 of field 1.

Livecode: Detect cursor position inside the field

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