Problem maintaining position of text in a field

[rbytes]

I am working on a project in which I want to select HTML tags from a list and insert them into text in a multi-line field. Once all of the desired tags are inserted, the text is then displayed in a browser window.

I have the code completed to achieve this routine. I position the cursor in the text field at the point I want to insert the tag, and click the list item of the desired tag. I then build a temp string consisting of the LEFT$ of the field text up to the insert point, the tag extracted from the list string array, and the RIGHT$ text of the field from the insert point to the end.

The final step is to insert this new string back into the field. When I do that, the text scrolls to the very bottom, and the edited area can not be seen. I have to manually scroll the field text up to see the edit.

Is there any way to position a specific portion of text in the visible area of a field? I thought I could use the command FIELD "edit" SELECT n, n being the location where the tag was inserted. This command does locate the cursor at that point, but it isn't visible until I scroll the field text up by hand. Anyone have a method for either preventing text from scrolling to the bottom when i use the command FIELD "edit" TEXT tagarray$(23), or instantly scrolling the view back up to the cursor location?

[GeorgeMcGinn]

Without seeing the code and the HTML that you are trying to create, I am having a hard time following what it is you're doing and what or why it isn't working.

From what I understand, it sounds like in HTML you are either or you may need to create a field called <textarea> which allows multi-line text. You can define the number of columns and the number of rows.

Here's a link to some info about <textarea>: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... t/textarea

If you want to email me the code (in case it is not ready to share with everyone), I can have a better understanding of how you are creating your HTML Page using FIELDS.

George.

[rbytes]

Thanks, George. I am familiar with textarea in HTML, but that won't solve my problem. It Is not a browser issue, since it occurs only in a multi-line field. From what I see in the documentation, if my text is too large to fit in an ML field, there is no way to control which portion of the text will be visible.

[GeorgeMcGinn]

Actually, I have a workaround to that as I needed to do something similar.

With the app I put an editor in, I do the following which might help you out.

I put all the text in an array, and then when I display it in a ML TEXT I use pointers to determine which line to start.

Say my ML TEXT box only displays 20 lines, and I want it to display starting at 21, I start set my array index to 21 as the first line written to the TEXT FIELD.

I also use NEXT and PREV buttons and when I click the next button, it adds 20 to the current array pointer and then I recreate the ML TEXT FIELD by concatenation my string with the next 20 occurrences of the array.

George.

Thanks, George. I am familiar with textarea in HTML, but that won't solve my problem. It Is not a browser issue, since it occurs only in a multi-line field. From what I see in the documentation, if my text is too large to fit in an ML field, there is no way to control which portion of the text will be visible.

[rbytes]

That's a good idea, and I will use it in my next Prompter update.

Thanks, George.