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Grogster

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Posted: 05:45am 21 Jun 2018
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Hello all.

@ Geoff and/or matherp: Is there any way to change the layout of the textbox GUI control? Specifically, it is a PITA to have the DEL 'key' on the alternate page for this control, as users often touch the wrong letter and need to use the DEL/BACKSPACE key to erase their mistake, then type it again. The screen switching is annoying.

Thoughts?
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Geoffg

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Posted: 08:16am 21 Jun 2018
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I will have a look at it but from what I remember there was no space on the first "page" for the DEL/BACKSPACE key. Is there some key on the first page that you believe would be better moved to the second?
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Grogster

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I know it is very tricky.....

Without adding another line of 'keys' to this GUI, how about replacing the uppercase arrow thing, with the DEL 'key'?

Perhaps this could be another option. I know you are loathe to keep adding more options, but perhaps.....
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KeepIS

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Am I right in assuming that there is no way to use the Textbox as a multi line input text box, or to override centre justification of the entered text?

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Geoffg

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Sorry, yes.

The GUI controls were designed for something simple like controlling a machine. Multi line input, moveable windows, etc is a whole new level.
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  Grogster said   I know it is very tricky.....

Without adding another line of 'keys' to this GUI, how about replacing the uppercase arrow thing, with the DEL 'key'?

I think that this could be accomplished by squeezing the keys together slightly and adding another column of three keys on the right. With these extra keys we could have backspace plus full stop plus something else.

I will explore that option next.
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KeepIS

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Thanks, I've decided to break the info I needed into fields and separate Textboxes, for what I want to do it's not worth coding something from scratch.
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Grogster

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@ Geoff: Sounds good to me.
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