Re: Oracle Forms text justification problem

Thanks for the reply Joe. The right justification of the text happens even when the cursor is not in the field in question, so it's not the normal behavior we are used to. The normal behavior is annoying enough but the users can live with it. This problem is a bit too much to just let go. I did a search in Metalink and found one reference to what seems to be the same problem. Apparently the solution is to apply patch 16, which probably won't be happening here for a while.

I appreciate the help,

Ben

"Joe" <heltibrand_at_NO_SPAMkarpel.com> wrote in message news:<10qmvqs609vpu24_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> "Ben Beishline" <bbeishline_at_networld.com> wrote in message
> news:56f6bdb.0411041420.4449e1bc_at_posting.google.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working on an Oracle Forms app and the justification is doing
> > something strange. I have fields set to left justified, and they
> > justify to the left until there is more text than the field can
> > display, at which time they switch to right justification, showing the
> > end of the text at the right and chopping off the beginning of the
> > text at the left. Users are comlaining because they have to click in a
> > field and arrow over to the left in order to see the beginning of the
> > text. This problem apparently started happening after a conversion to
> > Forms 6.0.8.24.1. I wasn't here at the time of the conversion so I
> > don't know many of the details. I don't know what the previous forms
> > version was, but could probably find out if it would help troubleshoot
> > the problem.
> >
> > I tried all of the other justification settings for kicks, and they
> > all do pretty much the same thing: justify however they are set until
> > the text fills more than the text item has room for, and then they
> > right justify.
> >
> > I'm wondering if there is some kind of global setting somewhere that
> > is messing with me, or if it is some other Forms weirdness. Someone
> > suggested I try deleting and recreating a field, which I did to no
> > avail. Many fields are affected by it, but not all, and I can't see
> > anything obviously different about them, though I could well be
> > missing something.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is going on, and/or more importantly, how to
> > fix it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ben
>
> I think what you are seeing is "normal" behaviour. I think this is just
> like when we have a large multi-line text item (like a notes field). When
> the user tabs to that field, all the text is selected and the cursor
> positioned to the end of the item by default. Users were complaining that
> if they accidentally hit a key after tabbing to the item, all the existing
> text was replaced by the keystroke. I had to do some goofey things to
> unselect the text and reposition to the start of the item.
>
> I'd be happy to share what I did if you are still interested.
>
> Joe
Received on Tue Nov 30 2004 - 19:36:00 CET