Re: How do I change the textcolor of the selected text in a native iOS field?

2021-04-15 Thread Ingar Roggen via use-livecode
From: use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode Sent: 15 April 2021 21:44 To: How to use LiveCode Cc: J. Landman Gay Subject: Re: How do I change the textcolor of the selected text in a native iOS field? Yeah, I'm afraid you're right.

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-15 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Andre: > I like verbose code that is full of comments. Ah yes, comments are good! But comments do not make code verbose. Terse code can be heavily commented, and vice versa. Commenting is not closely related to my issue, nor perhaps to yours. Me: > But there's an even bigger danger than the o

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group (Klaus major-k)

2021-04-15 Thread thompsonmichael--- via use-livecode
Klaus: I am working with LC 9.6.1 Indy on a Dell PC running Windows 10. I first find a point in the group (in this case the topleft of btn "Button 1" Adjust it a little and then set the topright of the newly created button "New Button". This would be the equivalent of your "where whateverX an

Re: How do I change the textcolor of the selected text in a native iOS field?

2021-04-15 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Yeah, I'm afraid you're right. I don't see any way set set a property on a range of characters in a native input control. If the app doesn't strictly need copy/paste you could probably use a LC field instead. On 4/14/21 12:22 PM, William de Smet via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for pointing me t

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That happened to me once and it turned out that I had a duplicate invisible control that was moving instead. If you turn on "show invisibles" you might find something. The extra control may not even be in the same group. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Richard and all, > Am 15.04.2021 um 18:07 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > : > > Klaus Major wrote: >> I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked. >> Inside of the group there are two invisible objects, a button and a graphic. >> Now if I: >> ... >> create btn "b1" in grp "THE

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 4/15/21 8:16 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Then the button stays however in the topleft corner of the group. Even moving the button some pixels to right or down does not work. Why, oh, why? :-) Thanks for any insight! Is it any different if you lock messages? -- Mark Wieder

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Klaus Major wrote: I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked. Inside of the group there are two invisible objects, a button and a graphic. Now if I: ... create btn "b1" in grp "THE group" ## and set the loc of btn "b1" of grp "THE group" to whateverX,wahteverY ... where whateverX and Y

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Stepehen, > Am 15.04.2021 um 17:32 schrieb Stephen Barncard via use-livecode > : > > Well for one thing there’s a keyword in the name of the object. > Try using a name like “TheGroup” since this is a string, it does not matter! The actual name of my group is "galerie_km", but that does not c

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
Well for one thing there’s a keyword in the name of the object. Try using a name like “TheGroup” On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 08:17 Klaus major-k via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am sure there is a technical reason for this! 8-) > > I have a group set to 600*

Re: Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I find positioning objects by script inside a location locked groups to be very non-intuitive as well. I wish there was a mode by which all object in a group - in the special mode - could be set and referenced by coordinates relative to the group. Something like set the relative loc of btn X

Positioning object in a loclocked group

2021-04-15 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi all, I am sure there is a technical reason for this! 8-) I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked. Inside of the group there are two invisible objects, a button and a graphic. Now if I: ... create btn "b1" in grp "THE group" ## and set the loc of btn "b1" of grp "THE group" to whate

Re: On the dangers of automated refactoring

2021-04-15 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
I like verbose code that is full of comments. I often have to revisit code that has been made by me five or even ten years ago, and usually never touched again since then. I need to be able to understand it without relying on my memory from way back when. That is why I often prefer code that is