Tech Tip: Making objects focusable but not enterable
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 20 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: July 15, 2024
Before 19 R4, making objects focusable but not enterable had to be done through the property list through the form editor under "Entry > Enterable" and "Entry > Focusable". You can programmatically control these options now through the line of code below, which allows an object to be not be enterable, but still focusable:
OBJECT SET ENTERABLE(*; "Input"; obk not enterable) |
These new options for the command also allows for controlling the focusability of your object, as compared to the older options (which you can still use) which were just a True/False. Please note that focusability differ between project and binary databases. When enterable is False, an object's focusability depends on the Focusable option in the property list. For a project database, the object is focusable.
To see how to do the same for listbox cells, please check out the link to the Tech Tip below:
https://kb.4d.com/assetid=77038