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WebView.SetEditable

Sets whether the web viewer allows the user to edit its HTML document.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
WebView 3.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes
MBS( "WebView.SetEditable"; WebViewerRef; Editable )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
WebViewerRef Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. "web"
Editable Whether to make the webviewer editable or not. Pass 1 to make editable or 0 to make it not editable. 1

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets whether the web viewer allows the user to edit its HTML document.
You can change the receiver's document programmatically regardless of this setting. By default a WebView object is not editable.
Normally, an HTML document is not editable unless the elements within the document are editable. This method provides a low-level way to make the contents of a WebView object editable without altering the document or DOM structure.

Alternative you can run JavaScript to assign document.body.contentEditable yourself.

Note for Windows: For Windows this function is only supported in FileMaker Pro when using Internet Explorer as engine behind the Web Viewer, but not when Microsoft Edge/Chrome engine is used. But the functions should still work if with Web Viewers created via plugin using WebView.Create and WebView.CreateWithControl as those still use Internet Explorer.

Examples

Turn editing on for a webviewer:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "WebView.SetEditable"; "web"; 1 ) ]

See also

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 19th May 2021


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