Keyboard Up comes Last? Return Key Behavior in Text Field

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#1

Hello everyone,

When you press return in a text field, the entire contents of the text field gets selected (at least in cases I have seen).

I have a script which tries to catch the return key and do something else - in my case, move to the next field (as one does with the tab key).

However, using the “keyboard up” handler, it appears that my code doesn’t reach the text field until after it has selected the contents of the field. The result is an annoying visual effect: the contents of the field is completely selected, then the first responder moves to the next text field.

I have tried things like “return true” or “return false” in the “keyboard up” handler but neither seem to prevent the effect of the return key on the selection of the text field.

Is there any way to catch the return key and stop it from selecting the contents of the field before doing anything else?

on keyboard up theObject event theEvent
	set theKeyPressed to (character of theEvent)
	if the name of the window of theObject is "windowCollection" then
		if theKeyPressed is return then
			(* The return key was pressed. Move to the next field *)
			if the name of theObject is "editField4" then
				(*Create a new entry *)
				tell button "addEntry" of view "editView" of split view "vertSplit" of view "rightHalf" of split view "horizSplit" of main window to perform action
				return true
			else if the name of theObject is "editField1" then
				set the first responder of main window to text field "editField2" of view "editView" of split view "vertSplit" of view "rightHalf" of split view "horizSplit" of main window
				return false
			else if the name of theObject is "editField2" then
				set the first responder of main window to text field "editField3" of view "editView" of split view "vertSplit" of view "rightHalf" of split view "horizSplit" of main window
				return true
			else if the name of theObject is "editField3" then
				set the first responder of main window to text field "editField4" of view "editView" of split view "vertSplit" of view "rightHalf" of split view "horizSplit" of main window
				return true
			end if
		end if
	end if
end keyboard up

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#2

I didn’t hear back from anyone about my post. I hope the code, which isn’t really important for the question, perhaps scared off potential responses.

To rephrase my original question:

When you press return in a text field, the contents of the field is selected. This seems to be default behavior. Is there anyway to capture this return with keyboard up or something else and prevent the text in the field from being selected when return is pressed?

Thanks in advance.

Konrad

#3

Has anyone solved this? I am having the same issue.