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Andreas Gehrs-Pahl

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Re: How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?
on Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:55:31 -0400
Chris,

>How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?

oSLE:QueryMarked() -> aMarked

>For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the 
>user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor 
>between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor 
>position to know it is currently at position 4?

If the cursor is between the "3" and the "4", :QueryMarked() would return: 
{4, 4} and if the "4" is highlighted, :QueryMarked() would return: {4, 5}.

Hope that helps,

Andreas
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