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Auto select highlight text when mouse clicks [message #517555] Tue, 26 July 2011 10:18 Go to next message
hedyxu2000
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Registered: July 2011
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We converted Forms 6i to 11g. The behavior of mouse click on a text item is different.
in 6i, the entire text is selected, and when you start typing, the existing text will be wiped out and replaced by new input.
in 11g, the cursor is placed where you clicked, and you are in insert mode instead of replace mode.
(please note, you use keyboard to navigate through fields, like tab/shift+tab/enter, the behavior on both environments are the the same which select entire text and in replace mode);

I tried programmly call select_all build-in in form level when-new-item-instance trigger. It works but has drawbacks:
1. you have to do this on each every forms. 2. For those item that has item-level when-item-instance trigger overrides form level, you need to use select_all in item level trigger too.

What I like to know is if there is a universal setting control this behavior that set it in one place and works for all forms. or any other simple and clean solution to set the item in replace mode.

Any suggestions are very appreciated.

Hedy.

Re: Auto select highlight text when mouse clicks [message #659621 is a reply to message #517555] Tue, 24 January 2017 10:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
brickduro
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Does anyone have a solution?
Re: Auto select highlight text when mouse clicks [message #659718 is a reply to message #659621] Fri, 27 January 2017 21:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
shahzad-ul-hasan
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http://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2012/07/how-to-block-select-text-in-oracle-sql-developer/
or this will help
https://community.oracle.com/thread/3973136
Re: Auto select highlight text when mouse clicks [message #659733 is a reply to message #659718] Sat, 28 January 2017 09:20 Go to previous message
Littlefoot
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I'm not sure I understand your point, shahzad-ul-hasan. What does SQL Developer (your first link) have to do with this problem?
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