Selecting active Tab from Tab Box when a numbereditbox is present (JMP 13)

[#1]

Hello All !!

I'm having a somewhat weird issue. In the code below I create a window with two tabs. When the numberditbox is present the command tab << Set Selected(1) has no effect and the Tab 2 is always selected. When I comment the numbereditbox the command tab << Set Selected(1) works fine and I can select the first of second tab. But I need the numbereditbox of course. I'm using JMP 13. Any help appreciated! Thanks!

All the best,

Eduardo

nx0=New Window( "Input",<<modal,
	tab=Tab Box(
		"Files", 
		lineupbox(ncol(2),
		textbox("Open file"),
		),		
			
		"Values",
		lineupbox(ncol(1),
			textbox("Setting one"),numone0=numbereditbox(2),
		),
		
	),
	
	tab << Set Selected(1),
	
	hlistbox(
	btok=button box("OK",numone=numone0<<get),
	btcanc=button box("Cancel",Close All(Journals,Reports,NoSave);clear globals();clear symbols();cancel_flag=1),
	),
);

[#2]

Eduardo,

Your script works in JMP 12 (as you probably know).  Remove << Modal,  and your script will work. I thought I documented this, but maybe not: I cannot find a tracking number and the bug persists in JMP 14.

This issue is that the number edit box acts like a number is typed with no return, meaning it is active/selected.

Even if the DisplayBox is created first then referenced to in the window, it is still active. Note if it is disabled, the first tab is selected.  So the problem is with NumberEditBox and Modal.

Either your Dialog needs to be non-modal or use TextEditBox and convert it to a Number or maybe JMP Support has a work around. 

lub = lineupbox(ncol(1),
	TextBox("Setting one"),
    numone0=NumberEditBox(2);
);
//numone0 << enable(0);

nx0=New Window( "Input", <<Modal,
	tab=Tab Box(
		"Files", 
		lineupbox(ncol(2),
		textbox("Open file"),
		),		
			
		"Values",
	     lub

		
	),
	tab << Set Selected(1),
	
	
	hlistbox(
	btok=button box("OK",numone=numone0<<get),
	btcanc=button box("Cancel",Close All(Journals,Reports,NoSave);clear globals();clear symbols();cancel_flag=1),
	),
);

[#3]

Just an update. Here is the tracking number and JMP Support reply. I looked for a defocus or a click or a status property, other than Enable(0|1), but found none.

JMP 13 and 14 Number Edit Box

With a modal New Window, JMP knows that the user must do something or cancel out of the dialog.  So when one or more edit boxes are included in the window, JMP sets focus on the first one it encounters.  

The last time I checked, there was no scriptable way to override it - other than to change the window, as you noted on the Discussion thread.  I am double-checking on it to see if anything has changed with v14.  Will let you know what I learn.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Use the NumberColEditBox it does not have this problem

nx0=New Window( "Input", <<Modal,
	tab=Tab Box(
		"Files", 
		lineupbox(ncol(2),
		textbox("Open file"),
		),		
			
		"Values",
	     lineupbox(ncol(1), 
	       TextBox("Setting one"),
            numone0=NumberColEditBox("",{2})
        )
	), //end TabBox
	
	tab << Set Selected(1),
	
	
	hlistbox(
	btok=button box("OK",numone=numone0<<get),
	btcanc=button box("Cancel",Close All(Journals,Reports,NoSave);clear globals();clear symbols();cancel_flag=1),
	),
);

[#5]

Thanks a lot gzmorgan0 for sharing this workaround! 

It works indeed! 

All the best,

Eduardo

[#6 · Accepted solution]

Greetings - thank you for reporting this issue. For anyone finding this thread, i can confirm that it has been addressed in JMP 15.