Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!vulet!koster
From: koster@let.vu.nl (C. Koster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: ArrowKeys vs The Scroll
Keywords: ArrowKeys, Scroll
Message-ID: <553@vulet.let.vu.nl.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 88 19:02:01 GMT
Organization: V.U. Letteren, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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I found something strange: When I do:

> on idle
>  put the scroll of MyField into msg
>  put " - " & the selectedchunk after msg
> end idle

and use the up/down arrowkeys to move around in the field
and the field scrolls to keep the blinking cursor in view
the messagebox doesn't show the new "the scroll". I know 
"idle" is being called as selectedchunk keeps changing. As
soon as I click where the blinking cursor is the messagebox 
displays the right values.
If I use "automatic scrolling" then the value of "the scroll"
adjusts as you'd expect it to do.

Why doesn't HC do the job when the arrowkey's are being used?

I'm using HC 1.2.1 under System 6.0 on a MacPlus.

Oh, and while I'm at it, what's wrong with:

> repeat with i = 1 to 3
>   do "put" && quote & "ShakeYourThing" & quote && "into a" & i
> end repeat


Martijn Koster

 koster @ let.vu.nl
 koster @ sara.nl
v43ucor @ hasara11.bitnet