Community Questions & Answers

Hi, I've been around this for 2 days now with no success. How can I get the value of a editable TextField inside a ListView? The best one I got so far was to use `listView.sections[0].items[0].rowTextField.value` but this doesn't work correctly, since it...

Hi, I'm new to Titanium and i'm tryin to create a calculator app for my own use. The problem is, that none of the default apple keyboards have the buttons i need, so i'm trying to make a custom keyboard layout with single buttons. My Question is now, how...

I've been maintaining an app that uses a TableView for a input form, with textFields on each row to take input. But recently a behaviour has cropped up for iPhone that is annoying our users. When they are inputting into a textfield, and they swap to the...

Hi All, I have a form with several textfield , but in every text field the vertical text alignment is not centered and text is cut off from the top. The same code is working well with ios platform. Here is the code which i am using: ~~~ var emailField =...

how to set this windowSoftInputMode with Alloy? I tried to do it in js by getCurrentWindow, but it wont let me do it ;( it says can only set during creation, but what if I declare all my UI in XML? it says can only set during creation, but what if I...

Usecase: A tabgroup with 2 tabs has a tableview on the 2nd tab with a textfield on a row. After a touch on the textfield the keyboard pops up but then the textfield loses focus(ie. there is no cursor in the field). (Also when using...

I am using password field in titanium iPhone application, I need to display entered password if user press "?" button and mask password field after release "?" button. I used these code ~~~ var password = Ti.UI.createTextField ...

Hello everyone. I created a function / class called Row which creates a view that contains a lable and a textfield. ~~~ function Row(rowName, additive, additiveValue){ var row = Ti.UI.createView({ height: 65, top: topPadding, width:...

Hi, I'm new to Titanium and i'm tryin to create a calculator app for my own use. the problem is, that none of the default apple keyboards have the buttons i need, so i'm trying to make a custom keyboard layout with buttons. My Question is now, how can i...

Hi Dudes, i've got a problem, when i want focus a html textfield on the webview. Sometimes if i foces the html textfield, the keyboard does not showing up! :( the method `webview.focus()` is not the solve! :( I use: Android SDK 2.2

I am new to android, how is pressing the enter key skip to the next field textfield in android standard keyboard works, but I'm using ccd data collector, it sends enter the code as final

Anybody any idea, how i can create radio-buttons, checkboxes, Textfields for a survey-app in android? I've try it with webview and html-code but it's not a great solution :(

I want to show latest controls in my app like the new kitchen sink have.. i-e Slider / Textbox with blue border.. When I run kitchen sink in my HTC one X its shows all controls when I add same control in my app i doesn't show up

On Android , vertical align center not working for textfield. Please help me out. I am using Titanium sdk 2.1.1 here is the code i am using .it works fine on ios. var whereField = Titanium.UI.createTextField({ color:'#000000', ...

Can someone please confirm if this is a bug with Ti SDK 3.0.2 on iOS6 When passwordMask is set to true on a textField, the user is able to only type 1 character. When set to false or not included at all, it works just fine.

Im using preferences.xml for storing my apps settings. Is it possible to get the keyboard to focus to the end of the line of text without requiring the user to click it themselves. I googled but it all required code such as getStringLength() then set...

I am trying to restrict input (to a valid currency format)in a textfield as when it is being typed. However, when I change the value: txtField.value = newValue;, the position of the cursor moves to the front of the String. Example: position before: [ ...

I have a TextField with rounded borders and a prefiled text. On Android the text (and the input text) is cut off and on iOS the text has no left border: http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6462/imagegkx.jpg (left iOS, right Android) my code: ~~~ var...

hello i want to know how to use leftPadding and right padding in textfield, it would be good if anyone help ... thanks

Hi, I have a textField that I am using a background image for. However, on the iPhone the text the user types starts all the way at the very left of the background image - which looks crappy. Any way to offset where the text will start relative to the...

I launched my first iPhone app built with Titanium last week (called Automotive App currently only available in Canada), and I started getting reports of an odd bug happening with TextField's. What was happening is that the first 1/6 of the TextField was...

If i user paddingRight on textfield, the field lose 50 pixels of touch on right. why? anybody have this problem? ~~~ myText = Ti.UI.createTextField({ textAlign:Ti.UI.TEXT_ALIGNMENT_RIGHT, paddingRight:5 }); ~~~ I use SDK 3.0.2.GA on iPhone.

Hi! I'm working on Ti SDK 3.1.0.GA, trying to code a app for iOS. Using a iOS sim on OSX 10.8.3. Problem: I have a textfield, and it has a type of num pad (so only numbers are allowed) and I want to open a window based on user input. As in if I input...

Hi all.. I am developing app usingTitanium SDK 2.1.3.. And Android SDK 4.0.. I am facing the problem in TextField..I have set border color for it..and i did not set height value in it..and border style is none.. The problem is textfield height...

The TextField in Ti SDK 3.1.0.v.2013040912... on MacOSX has some serious issues. Cannot tap into a TextField as it looses focus immediately... works on SDK 3.0.2

Hi, I'm developing in a Mac for IOS and Android and I'm using Titanium 3.1.0. I'm trying to get a table in Titanium where each row has a static text and a textField where I can input something. So I go and create a row where it's left part is the static...

I've got an Alloy view like the following, but as long as the password input is inside a `TableViewRow`, the maximum number of characters you can enter (certainly on the iOS Simulator) is one. It's not simply displaying a single character, it's messing...

HI Developer Good Eve, I have one doubt in my current POC. How can i use one js page variables or textfield values in another js page. For Eg :- A.js i have clientName = John (This is textField value) B.js i want to display that clientName value in...

I would like to limit input to only certain characters in a textfield I have. My current code kind of works, problem is that it allows spaces. I need to make sure this is Number and Letters Only (both uppercase and lowercase letters OK). My code as...

Hi, Im creating a textfield on android : here is its style in tss file : ~~~~~ "TextField" : { borderStyle: Ti.UI.INPUT_BORDERSTYLE_NONE, left: 5, width: Ti.UI.FILL, font: {fontSize: '12sp'} } ~~~~~ But i have still the border : look at...

hi , In my app i am having a text area , UI of text area looks similar to that of a text box and goes on increasing when i enter text.i will be thank full if any one provides me solution. thanks

I am using Titanium Alloy 3.0.2. I have a layout where the orientation of a few of the labels (these can be uneditable text fields) need to read from bottom to top. All other visual elements have standard orientation reading from left to right, so I am...

Hi, im developping a window (http://dzmob.net/tags.png) which displays tags for a photo and allows to add a tag : when there is no tags for a photo. a click on textField which allows to write tag and add it generates this weird exception !!!...

Hi to all, how is possible to mane a suggestion textfield? what i mean is, think of the name of all usa states, if i write C i would like to see a menu with all the states that start with c.

Can anyone out there confirm that clearButtonMode is working ok? (It's the little 'x' which appears on the right of a textfield to clear the field. I have a weird setup here (due to foolishly trying the xCode beta ;p ) and I'm not seeing it at all....

Hi Dudes, i got a problem with this part of code :( If i click on the TextField the View scroll automatically on the life side. Any Idea? :( ~~~ var view = Ti.UI.createView({ height : 'auto', }); var scrollView =...

I have a view that has several textfields. I would like to have a keyboard that has the Previous, Next and Done buttons on the top above the keyboard and as I am filling in the textfields and clicking on next, it focus on the next field moving into above...

Is there anyway of placing the cursor in a specific position of a textfield in titanium or if not how it can be done otherwise? As far as I have searched this forum I haven't found a solution to position the cursor in a textfield or textarea. Thanks Oam

Hi experts, When I create a password field like this ~~~ var l = Ti.UI.createTextField({ passwordMask: true, borderWidth: 1, borderColor: '#FF0000', hintText: 'hint', width: '200dp' }); ~~~ The resulting field accepts only one character. If I...

Hi. I have 2 textFields that i put nrs in. I want to show the differential in a third textfield when the two first is filled. How can i do that? I have tried this (With no luck) ~~~ var small_nr = Ti.UI.createTextField({height:'20dp',left:'42dp', ...

When user want to change orientation of phone, my application show incorrect UI. Phone OS: Android Titanium SDK: 3.0.2.GA My bug on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Yi-6ZKDcw ~~~ // create main app screen function ApplicationWindow() { var...

Hey, if i wanna edit my field like so: Enter a word and edit ONE LETTER in this word... So i jump to th position of the letter and hit "delete". the letter is deleted but the "editcursor" jumps to the end of the word... ? Seems very...

Hi, I am generating through a loop my textfields on a scrollview ~~~ var view = Ti.UI.createScrollView({ backgroundColor: '#3e3e3e', opacity: 0.6, left: 5, right: 5, top: 55, bottom: 5, zIndex: 1, contentWidth:'auto',...

I have the following code, but the result is quite different from what I thought was going to be (ios verion). What am I doing wrong? ~~~ //creating the textfield for our loan amount input var tfAmount = Titanium.UI.createTextField({ width:...

Hi all, experimenting with alloy and data binding I found out that if a texfield will be bound to a null attribute, its text value wouldn't be updated (if a previous value was there, it's not even cleared). I tried after with a single standalone app.js...

Hi, I'm develop an Android application. I have a textfield added to a window inside a tab. When window opens, this textfield get focus (why?) and show me keyboard. I want my textfield does not have focus or at least I the keyboard doesn't start. I...

Strange behaviour... i couldn't find anyone facing the same issue. **Symptom**: Textfield/Password do not let the user type more than 1 character **Context**: The textfield is inside a TableViewRow **BAD Code**: ~~~ <TableViewRow> ...

I want to create a calculator app that has 20 lines (views) - each line will have a label and a textfield - the text field will be used to enter a parameter. I started creating the layout manually, but quickly realized that it was very time consuming to...

I have a string that I need to validate for a valid date format. How do I do that? I cannot use a datepicker in my application because it just looks ugly. So, I have three text fields that allow numbers only and now want to combine their content to form...

Is it possible to allow only numbers as textinput?