Re: Another widget grumble
> Alex Tweedly wrote: > How do you tell whether a widget is "part of the main product" ? > Or, conversely, how do you find out what other source it came from ? If you look at a widget in the Properties Inspector in the "basic" pane you will find its name and then "Kind" for the Cock widget: name: clock kind: com.livecode.widget.clock com.livecode.widget tells you that it is a, well, livecode widget. Kind regards Bernd ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Another widget grumble
Anything you can find here can be updated by the community (either via PR, or compiled and used in your own project): https://github.com/livecode/livecode/tree/develop/extensions/widgets On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:26 AM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 28/04/2020 13:38, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: > > For any that are part of the main product, a PR to add that feature > would not be very difficult. If I get some time I will take a look. I do > agree that a distinct label would be a good idea for native control widgets. > > How do you tell whether a widget is "part of the main product" ? > > Or, conversely, how do you find out what other source it came from ? > > I don't see anything in the dictionary about owner/source of the widgets. > > Alex. > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Another widget grumble
On 28/04/2020 13:38, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: For any that are part of the main product, a PR to add that feature would not be very difficult. If I get some time I will take a look. I do agree that a distinct label would be a good idea for native control widgets. How do you tell whether a widget is "part of the main product" ? Or, conversely, how do you find out what other source it came from ? I don't see anything in the dictionary about owner/source of the widgets. Alex. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Another widget grumble
For any that are part of the main product, a PR to add that feature would not be very difficult. If I get some time I will take a look. I do agree that a distinct label would be a good idea for native control widgets. Thanks, Brian On Apr 28, 2020, 8:23 AM -0400, Graham Samuel via use-livecode , wrote: > I’m still trying to use the ‘mobile native’ style of widget. Previously I’ve > objected to the idea of an object that displays its name and has no label or > alias. My objection was mostly that names that the user sees often have > spaces in them (“Stop Now” or whatever), whereas names with spaces in them > are dangerous to refer to in scripts because it’s so easy to put two in > instead of one, and is either illegal or deprecated in almost all computer > languages. > > Today I came across an even more annoying aspect of this, when I added a > facility to my app to change the language of the display. So a button in > English displaying “Cancel” gets changed to “Annuler”. So if I need to refer > to the button in script, the simplest way is to use its ID and not its name. > The ID is a fine thing, but it doesn’t make for readable code! > > Seriously, is there any chance of these widgets being improved by somebody? > They just need more properties really. > > Graham > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Another widget grumble
I’m still trying to use the ‘mobile native’ style of widget. Previously I’ve objected to the idea of an object that displays its name and has no label or alias. My objection was mostly that names that the user sees often have spaces in them (“Stop Now” or whatever), whereas names with spaces in them are dangerous to refer to in scripts because it’s so easy to put two in instead of one, and is either illegal or deprecated in almost all computer languages. Today I came across an even more annoying aspect of this, when I added a facility to my app to change the language of the display. So a button in English displaying “Cancel” gets changed to “Annuler”. So if I need to refer to the button in script, the simplest way is to use its ID and not its name. The ID is a fine thing, but it doesn’t make for readable code! Seriously, is there any chance of these widgets being improved by somebody? They just need more properties really. Graham ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
