Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Preferences.SetTextSelectionWithDragAndDrop

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Preferences.SetTextSelectionWithDragAndDrop

Set the preference setting from FileMaker/Runtime about allowing text selection by drag and drop.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Preferences	2.8	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	No

MBS( "Preferences.SetTextSelectionWithDragAndDrop"; value ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

value The new value: 0 for off and 1 for on. 1

Parameter	Description	Example
value	The new value: 0 for off and 1 for on.	1

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Set the preference setting from FileMaker/Runtime about allowing text selection by drag and drop.
Due to the way the preferences work, we can read the value which the setting has, but we can only set the value for the next launch of the application.

Example Databases

Preferences/TextSelectionWithDragAndDrop Preference

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Release notes

Version 9.5
- Fixed Preferences.GetTextSelectionWithDragAndDrop and Preferences.SetTextSelectionWithDragAndDrop to work in current FileMaker 18.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 17th June 2018

Preferences.HasValue - Preferences.SetValue

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