Re: [Pythoncard-users] TextField - Setting Enabled to false not working?

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Sep 11, 2004, at 4:48 PM, Gregory Pi=F1ero wrote:

> I am wondering if I have run into a bug.  In the textarea and=20
> textfield components, if I create them during runtime, and set enabled=20=

> to false, it does not get grayed out and I am still able to edit the=20=

> component. Additionally, I tried setting editable to false and nothing=20=

> seemed to change from that either, as I appeared to be able to still=20=

> edit the text.
>
> By the way, what is the difference between editable and enabled?
>
> Version Info:
> PythonCard version: 0.8
> wxPython version: 2.5.2.7
> Python version: 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit=20=

> (Intel)]
> Platform: win32
>
> Here's the part of my code where I am creating the textfield. (sorry=20=

> if email bungles the tabs.)
>
> editable=3D'False'
> tooltip=3D''
> widgetDefn=3D{'type':'TextField',
>             'name':'txt'+ column[0],
>             'position':(xPosWidget, yPos),
>             'text':'',
>             'editable':editable,
>             'enabled':editable,
>             'toolTip':tooltip,                                		=
		=20
> 'size':(20,-1)}
> self.components[widgetDefn['name']]=3DwidgetDefn
>

Um, you aren't setting them to False, you're setting them to a string=20
'False' and all strings except the empty string '' evaluate to True.=20
Change the line above to:

editable =3D False

Enabled applies to all controls and determines whether those controls=20
get mouse clicks, whether the user can type text in them, select items=20=

in a list, etc. Editable only applies to fields and determines whether=20=

you can type text into the field or not. You can still copy text from=20
the field. The widgets sample shows off both attributes.

BTW, please don't respond to another message to post a new question.=20
The mail message headers that mail clients use to show message threads=20=

are still there even though your mail client may not show them, and so=20=

it screws up the display of those threads.

ka