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gberge
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

Clearing a textbox in mobile devices in script

I have a problem where I need to enter in new text in a control that already has some text in it   I tried the following to overwrite the existing text:     // Select the existing text in the tex...
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  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    3 years ago

    You can always try several backspaces.  Also, "may fail" wouldn't keep me from trying it if it was my test, but that's up to you.

     

    If you were performing this action manually, what would you do to clear the space?

     

     

  • gberge's avatar
    gberge
    3 years ago

    I was wrong about iOS. The Keys method for iOS devices does seem to delete the existing text in the control prior to entering the new text. I thought that I saw the same behaviour between Android and iOS but apparently I was wrong.

     

    The Keys method doesn't delete the existing text on Android devices but this is fixed by first entering multiple backspaces.

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Marsha_R
Moderator
3 years ago

You can always try several backspaces.  Also, "may fail" wouldn't keep me from trying it if it was my test, but that's up to you.

 

If you were performing this action manually, what would you do to clear the space?

 

 

  • gberge's avatar
    gberge
    Occasional Contributor
    3 years ago

    I would select the text and type in the new text but this doesn't work. After selecting the text with the LongTouch method, entering text with the Keys method still appends it to the existing text.

     

    I will try to look for another solution to this problem.

    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
      Moderator
      3 years ago

      An alternate to Keys is SetText. 

      • gberge's avatar
        gberge
        Occasional Contributor
        3 years ago

        SetText does not seem to be a supported method for controls on Android and iOS as it is for Windows Desktop applications.

         

        The solution I am now using for Android is entering x amount of backspaces in to the control (where x is the amount of characters the existing text in the control consists of) before entering the new text.

         

        I have not yet found a solution for iOS as "[BS]" (backspace) is not supported.