the cursor is unavailable in TextField on Nokia device

[sungodjava]

Hi all,
I use setString to set the data in TextField, but the cursor is always at the begin of TextField,why?
I test it on S40 and windows mobile and nokia 5300,that's ok, but the cursor is always at the begin of TextField when i try to setString("123") on Nokia device(S60 2nd, S60 3rd fp1 N73,E61...)

here is my test code:

TextField inputField = new TextField("", "123", INPUT_LENGTH, TextField.PHONENUMBER);
form = new Form("Test");
form.append(inputField);

//the cursor is at the begin of "123"

inputField.setString("4567");

//thecursor is at the begin of "4567"

[axs]

TextFields on the S60 platform are supporting the direct editing, while on the S40 platform they don't.

If you're using TextFields only for displaying the data, use the textField.setConstraints(TextField.UNEDITABLE) method in order to disable the cursor.

[sungodjava]

Thanks axs.
But i need to edit and also i want to update the data in TextFields sometimes,ofcourse the cursor should be at the end of the data when i update the TextFields.Unluckily,the cursor always at the begin of the data!
I test on these devices:

S40 ----> ok
N73 ----> Error
N90 ----> Error
N91 ----> Error
E61 ----> Error
N5300 --> ok

So it seems an issue on the version before S60 3rd Edition fp2,right?

Is there any APIs can set the cursor myself?

TextFields on the S60 platform are supporting the direct editing, while on the S40 platform they don't.

If you're using TextFields only for displaying the data, use the textField.setConstraints(TextField.UNEDITABLE) method in order to disable the cursor.

[juarezjunior]

Hi sungodjava,

"Is there any APIs can set the cursor myself?"
AFAIK the only method available allows you to get the current caret position, not to set it.

public int getCaretPosition()

Note its description from the javadocs:

Gets the current input position. For some UIs this may block and ask the user for the intended caret position, and on other UIs this may simply return the current caret position.

Best,

[sungodjava]

Thanks juarezjunior,
Yes i know getCaretPosition() API, so i want to set the cursor myself.
But i can not find this issue in the known issues!!
Hope it's ok on the latest devices.

Thanks all of you.

Hi sungodjava,

"Is there any APIs can set the cursor myself?"
AFAIK the only method available allows you to get the current caret position, not to set it.

public int getCaretPosition()

Note its description from the javadocs:

Gets the current input position. For some UIs this may block and ask the user for the intended caret position, and on other UIs this may simply return the current caret position.

Best,

[mohu007]

Try this way
call setString() before appending the textfield item in the form.
Cursor will be avialable then.

Cheers,
Mohu.