AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Developing on Windows, I wasn't aware that the behavior on Mac is just like I wanted it to be. I was just thinking much to complicated. With some more tweaks with the formattedWidth getting from the longest line of the text and handling the icons of the button I followed your nice script Phil. Than

Re: AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: > If it doesn't do that on Windows, the only thing I can think of is > to make the button as wide as the longest text on mouseDown, and > when the menu closes (in menuPick and mouseRelease,) set the width > back to the original size. IIRC the Win HIG suggests making the but

Re: AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/9/2015 8:51 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: I don't want to display the full text of the option button, but only one line of the text while hovering the text (or right click buttonDown on a single line), so that the user can see, what he would choose, if he clicks any line. On Mac, the menu

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thanks fort he idea Peter Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter M. Brigham Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Oktober 2015 16:32 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thanks for the idea Bob Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bob Sneidar Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Oktober 2015 16:42 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick? I wo

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

2015-10-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Craig, I don't want to display the full text of the option button, but only one line of the text while hovering the text (or right click buttonDown on a single line), so that the user can see, what he would choose, if he clicks any line. I think my problem is that "the hilitedline" works only w