Subject Re: OnClick? From roy price <royprice@royprice.name> Date Sat, 19 Jun 2021 19:05:39 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > Good Morning Roy, > > > I have a simple form to add data to a file, as in the code below. > > > > The user (wife) has difficulty understanding the placement of the mouse > > click should be at the beginning (left side) of the entryfield before > > entering data. > > > > How can I force the initial mouse click to the leftmost position? > > Regards > > Roy Price > > > >   this.ENTRYFIELDTEMPBEFORE1 = new ENTRYFIELD(this) > >     with (this.ENTRYFIELDTEMPBEFORE1) > >        dataLink = form.dialysisrecord1.rowset.fields["tempbefore"] > onGotFocus = {;this.keyboard( "{Home}" )} > >        height = 33.0 > >        left = 147.0 > >        top = 220.0 > >        width = 91.0 > >        picture = "99.99" > >        function = "J" > >        fontSize = 18.0 > >     endwith > > Adding the above line should solve your problem. > The above line is not tested. > In case of errors remove the line > Add a onGotFocus event using inspector > Click on the spanner to modify the code > and paste the following line in the code > > this.keyboard( "{Home}" ) > >   prefer to use the following as my custom entryfield > > class mun_ENTRYFIELD(parentObj) of ENTRYFIELD(parentObj) custom >     with (this) >        onGotFocus = class::ENTRYFIELD_ONGOTFOCUS >        height = 1.5 >        left = 11.0 >        top = 7.5 >        selectAll = true >        width = 22.0 >        metric = 0        // Chars >        value = "Entryfield1" >     endwith > >     function ENTRYFIELD_onGotFocus() >        this.keyboard( "{Home}" ) >        return > endclass > > Use selectAll = true with caution > > Regards > Akshat Thanks Akshat, I'll give that a try.....and see how the input clerk (wife) goes. Regards Roy Price