Textfield select text issues

[draigGoch]

I have an input textfield which users can add text to original, and also select portions of the text. But I want the users to be able to select text, then when the text is still selected, click on a button to copy selected text into another textfield.

The problem arises when clicking on the button, the focus changes and therefore I lose track of which parts of the text was selected.

So the solution is a way that selected text is remembered before losing focus.

Any ideas?


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[kennethkawamoto]

There may be a better solution but one way is to capture the selection on every enter frame:

var textToCopy:String = new String();
this.onEnterFrame = function():Void  {
	textToCopy = tf1.text.substring(Selection.getBeginIndex(), Selection.getEndIndex());
};
tf1.onKillFocus = function():Void  {
	tf2.text = textToCopy;
};

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[draigGoch]

I didn't think of doing it that idea - thanks, that might work!

A computer always does what you tell it to, but rarely does what you want it to.....