Text display/scroll problem

Classic Servoy
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Using version 3 with Mac OSX we are experiencing a regular problem with text display in standard text fields.

Fields intermittently “mask” the left-most text, showing the centre or right-most text only. Clicking in the field and using the cursor keys to move left reveal the previously masked text.

The fields in question are set to be left aligned and do not have scroll bars set.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Giles.

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gilesrowland1:
Fields intermittently “mask” the left-most text, showing the centre or right-most text only. Clicking in the field and using the cursor keys to move left reveal the previously masked text.

If you return to a field, it will display the caret where you left it previously. I suppose that’s what’s going on. Try moving the caret all the way left, then select a random field and return to the first field. Now you should see the left part of the text in your field.

If this really bugs you, you could create an onRecordSelection method that does this:

var nrElements = elements.length
for(var i = 0; i < nrElements; i++)
{
	if(elements[i].caretPosition)
		elements[i].caretPosition = 0
}

This will set the caret to position 0 for all text elements.

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Thanks, we will try this and see if it helps.