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Randy Walker wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 3:53 am Hi marc... I've always used sendmessage to do that. Unfortunately not cross platform, but works well enough for me in Windows:

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bottom = Len(GetGadgetText(YourGadget))
SendMessage_(GadgetID(YourGadget), #EM_SETSEL, bottom, bottom)

marc_256 wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:06 am Hi,

I use Randy Walker example and it works very well,
at the same time, I know the length of the received messages ...

Randy Walker wrote: Sat Sep 20, 2025 3:53 am Hi marc... I've always used sendmessage to do that. Unfortunately not cross platform, but works well enough for me in Windows:

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bottom = Len(GetGadgetText(YourGadget))
SendMessage_(GadgetID(YourGadget), #EM_SETSEL, bottom, bottom)

Thanks all for helping,
marc

If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 322, 150, "EditorGadget", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
EditorGadget(0, 8, 8, 306, 133)
SetGadgetText(0,"Mary had a little lamb.")
SetActiveGadget(0)
bottom = Len(GetGadgetText(0))
SendMessage_(GadgetID(0), #EM_SETSEL, bottom-5, bottom-1)
Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
EndIf

Mindphazer wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:38 pm

Piero wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 4:23 pm

Mindphazer wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 2:37 pmon MacOS

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Range.NSRange\location = Len(GetGadgetText(0))
CocoaMessage(0, GadgetID(0), "scrollRangeToVisible:@", @Range)

I know
Rashad was trying to write a code without API calls