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AppGameKit Studio Chat / [SOLVED] How to detect when an EditBox is selected

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Orion5
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Posted: 27th Mar 2023 13:55
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Hi all, I have been on this for several hours and driving me crazy!

I have 120 EditBoxes on screen. I need to detect when an editBox is first selected, as far as i can see there is no command for this? There is a command 'GetEditBoxChanged' which will identify the EditBox that has 'just' changed but not 'Just Selected'

The GetPointerPressed() function does not return a 1 when you click on an EditBox ????? Why? I could have used this to then identify the new EditBox selected using something like this:

If GetPointerPressed() = 1
edbox = GetCurrentEditBox
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Any ideas that may help? Thank You
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Posted: 27th Mar 2023 14:54 Edited at: 27th Mar 2023 14:55
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Hi all, finally sorted it!!!

I hold the previous EditBox ID in a variable 'edtest' and test if the current EditBox is different from edtest and then process. I needed to check for no previous EditBox ID i.e. (edtest = 0) but finally done.

I am writing and Android Electronic Point of Sale System (EPOS) for Bars with touchscreen input with facilities for On Screen Product Buttons, Bar Tabs, Receipt Printing, Stock Control and Reports.

Thank you for any considerations.

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Posted: 27th Mar 2023 16:05
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you could try storing which editbox currently has focus via GetEditBoxHasFocus() and compare it to the last?
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Posted: 28th Mar 2023 09:13 Edited at: 28th Mar 2023 09:15
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Yes thanks VN, that is what I have done and it works fine. I change the editbox background colour and text colour of the in-focus editbox. I have also implemented using the TAB key to move through the editboxes and detect end-of-line for a carriage return to the next row of edit boxes... All cool for now. Thanks again.

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