Control Got Focus

[Chris_Halford]

is there any way of getting the GotFocus or LostFocus for a control on iOS?

I’m really stuck now. There is no apparent way to have the keyboard appear without shoving controls up over the navigation unless the initial layout is such that the keyboard always has room (but that looks goofy).
I’m trying to tell if a text field or area has focus, which suggests the keyboard is open, and then adjust constraints accordingly.

An event for keyboard showing and hiding would work too.

Help!

[Tim_Parnell]

You’ll have to pull some strings, there’s been a feature request for it since iOS came out:
<https://xojo.com/issue/36429>

@Tim_Parnell

This is iOS where there is no MouseDown or GotFocus events

MobileTextControl — Xojo documentation

I have been told declares are necessary for this basic functionality. I’ve searched a little but haven’t found anything except how to force the focus to the control with becomeFirstResponder. I found this thread suggesting the use of one of those “iosLib” components, however I’m not sure if those libraries were updated for the Mobile* prefix controls.

There is a feedback case from 2014 requesting the GotFocus event. https://xojo.com/issue/36429

[Chris_Halford]

Oh no…
I’m working around everything else, but this one is killing me and only because of what happens with the keyboard.

Thanks for the heads-up, Tim.