[CS2] setSelection help

[Shotsy247]

Hi All,

I'm trying to automatically select all of the text within a textfield when a user selects that field. How can this be done?

What I have tried is:

myText.onSetFocus = function(){
	Selection.setFocus(this);
	Selection.setSelection(0,999);
	//Also tried Selection.setSelection(0);
	//And Selection.setSelection();
}

But it's not working. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

_t

[whispers]

"I" believe it to be a loading problem.. tings need time to fully load and instantiate before they can be really manipulated/controlled.

or maybe the text field being re-drawn or something?

looking at the AS Docs.. they use an onEnterFrame to set it and delete it n the same function.. and it works..


I try from a button..and it highlights/selects for a second..then goes away as if something is clearing it.

[Shotsy247]

Thanks Whispers.

I ended up firing the code from an invisible MC that I placed over the textField.

code:

---

invisiBut.userHandCursor = false;

invisiBut.tabEnabled = false;

invisiBut.onRelease = function(){

    Selection.setFocus(this._parent.myText);

    Selection.setSelection();

}

---

Not pretty, but it works.

_t