Left Justify number in the default value of a input popup

[James Flanagan]

Ken, 

Your suggested code: 

input popup nq "Enter the new quantity: " default (""{qy)” 

was just what i was looking for.  Thank you all very much, 

James Flanagan
Flantec.com

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On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On 7/25/2014 11:27 AM, James Flanagan wrote:
>> ::qy(2,.0):
>> ::qt(2,LJ):
>> ::nq(2,LJ):
>> ::qy=“1”:
>> ::qt=qy:
>> ::msgbox qt:
>> chg_qty::input popup nq "Enter the new quantity^A " default qt:
>> 
>> 
>> I am trying to left justify a number in the default value of an input
>> popup, but nothing I have tried has been successful.  in the above code,
>> when qt is shown in the msgbox, it is left justified.  however, in the
>> input popup, it is right justified.
> 
> I am assuming the above is a stripped down version of the "real" code?
> 
> The above code works as expected for me -- the default value is left justified:
> 
> ┌─────────────────────────────┐
> │ Enter the new quantity: 1 ◄ │
> └─────────────────────────────┘
> 
> Of course, you can eliminate the unnecessary "qt" field with:
> 
>    input popup nq "Enter the new quantity: " default (""{qy)
> 
> Or:
> 
>    ng = qy ; input popup ng "Enter the new quantity: " default
> 
>> My motivation for this is because we have already had an instance where a
>> user when trying to change the qty 1 to qty 2, accidentally changed the
>> qty to 21.  it is my assumption that this would be best avoided by having
>> the first number you type overwrite the existing default value.  Thank
>> you very much in advance
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody

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