Java Development

[crispyoz]

I am trying to find how to control the selected are of a field so when the field is selected only a portion of the field is highlighted. I can't find any way to do this other then embed a small field inside a largr non-selectable field.  

Any suggestions on how to do this?

Thanks!

[pradeep_ch · Accepted solution]

Hi crispoyz,

You can override fields drawfocus method to do this.

Try with this code. This is a sample code just for understanding.

class CustomField extends Field
    {
    	int width = 100;
    	int height = 100;
    	String _text;
    	
    	public CustomField(String text) 
    	{
    		super(Field.FOCUSABLE);
			_text = text;
		}

		protected void layout(int width, int height) {
			setExtent(getPreferredWidth(), getPreferredHeight());
			
		}

		protected void drawFocus(Graphics graphics, boolean on) 
		{
			if(on)
			{
				graphics.setColor(Color.GREEN);
				graphics.fillRect(20, 10, getPreferredWidth()-50, getPreferredHeight()-30);
				graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
				graphics.drawText(_text, (width - getFont().getAdvance(_text))/2,(height - getFont().getHeight())/2);
			}
		}
		protected void paint(Graphics graphics) {
			graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
			graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, getPreferredWidth(), getPreferredHeight(), 20, 20);
			graphics.drawText(_text, (width - getFont().getAdvance(_text))/2,(height - getFont().getHeight())/2);
			
		}
    	
		public int getPreferredWidth() {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			return width;
		}
		public int getPreferredHeight() {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			return height;
		}
    }

  Thanks.