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				Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:43 am
				by microdevweb
				Hello everybody,
Can you tell me wen can select a texte from StringGadget with Linux
The equivalent to windows
Code: Select all
; Get the string selected
SendMessage_(GadgetID(Gadget),#EM_GETSEL,@PosStart,@PosEnd)
; Select the string to gadget
SendMessage_(GadgetID(Gadget),#EM_SETSEL,PosStart,PosEnd)
Before thanks
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:21 am
				by Keya
				good question, handy to know! my google lead me to 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1033 ... n-gtkentry which suggests the gtk api 
gtk_editable_select_region(), and a google purebasic search for that shows it's only been used once! here (also has Mac solution) 

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http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?p=394987  credit to  Kukulkan 
 
also related you can use SetActiveGadget(#ctrl) on all three OS to set not the selection but the 
focus on the textbox, which might be useful in combination 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:27 am
				by Oma
				Hello Keya and microdevweb.
A link with a little PB demo is here ...
http://www.chabba.de/Linux/StringGadget ... nctions.pb
I think it's no problem to extract the required part for partially selection in StringGadget.
Regards, Charly
PS:
A simple string end position = -1
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:28 am
				by Keya
				
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:33 am
				by Oma
				Hi Keya,
I think i'll do a little promotion when PB releases the 5.40 and my library updates are done  
 
Bye
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:34 am
				by Vera
				Hi, I think I have already answered half of the request 
on the french forum last night but 
microdevweb replied that he doesn't test code that works on Linux.
so why ask for it ?
@
Oma
I exactly shared that example of yours  
 @Admins/Mods:this thread is in the wrong forum - likely by accident 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:12 am
				by microdevweb
				Thank's for your answers. But i look it's not easy for me but my computer it's on Windows. So i don't convert my RAD code in mulit os, pity i leave this Windows only.
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:26 am
				by Keya
				now im confused! your OP asked for code that runs on Linux, which you now have... but now you're saying you only use Windows so aren't interested in testing the linux code?
if it's just because you dont have Linux installed and maybe havent used it before dont worry, i hadnt either until a few months ago!  but you can download Virtualbox for free, and Linux is also a free download (i use Linux Mint as its apparently one of the friendlier ones to use!), so it's easy to do all your Linux testing and development in a VM 

   If I can anyone can, lol
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Select text to string
				Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:50 am
				by microdevweb
				Thank's Kena for your advises,  I'm going to try your soluce.
Notice to moderators sorry I see that I posted in the wrong place