Yes, And after the install you will the widget folder in your "My
LiveCode"==>Extensions folder. It will appear the the tool palette and in
the inclusions pane of the standalone settings.
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Milby via use-livecode
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 9:54 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Brian Milby
Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
You have to use the IDE to install widgets.
Tools… Extension Manager… + (icon, top right)
Brian Milby
br...@milby7.com
> On Sep 9, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Throwing NavRAD into my extensions folder doesn't seem to install it.
> I wonder why.
>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:19 PM Mike Kerner
>> <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> by the way, isn't it crazy how much overhead is required with lcb
widgets?
>> there is so...much...stuff you have to put on top just to get to the
>> heart of the thing.
>> and i'm never going to like the way lc embeds the comments in the
>> source of anything.
>> or the way they spell "favourites", or pronounce "Aluminum". Do you
>> see an extra "i" in there? No? It's invisible, that's why.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the user is going to need to code the width adjustment in
>>> the resizeStack handler. Widgets can’t change their rect on their
>>> own. It has to happen from the LCS side.
>>>
>>> Brian Milby
>>> br...@milby7.com
>>>
>>>> On Sep 6, 2022, at 3:29 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> For future reference the source is in the .lce file. The .lce is in
>>>> zip
>>> format. Temporarily change the extension to .zip. You will see the
>>> lcb file in there. Also when you install it the source will be in
>>> the extension folder. But since I posted .lce I have put in comments
>>> starting with "RAD Change" to show where I have made changes. Here
>>> is the link to the updated
>>> source==>https://www.dropbox.com/s/bv930usovpruo5e/navrad.lcb?dl=0
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for taking a look!
>>>>
>>>> Also I found that after I updated the docs that the docs are
>>>> generated
>>> from the lcb file. I re-built the widget and boom my doc changes
>>> were destroyed. No problem I just had redo the docs for my changes
>>> in the lcb file. So many unknowns. I am trying to find a way to
>>> resize it to the card width with a user setting for height percent
>>> of card width. But the docs are so scant and confusing I feel the
giant headache coming on again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ralph DiMola
>>>> IT Director
>>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com]
>>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Mike Kerner via use-livecode
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 3:00 PM
>>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>>> Cc: Mike Kerner
>>>> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>>>>
>>>> Ralph,
>>>> got the source, somewhere? i'd like to learn from it.
>>>> testing to begin...now.
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 1:32 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I took a major stab at LCB and created a new widget based on the
>>>>> navbar widget. I have made 2 changes to the navbar and call it
navrad.
>>>>> It does not modify the stock navbar. With almost no docs it was a
>>>>> challenge. There were so many unknowns I got a few giant
>>>>> headaches. It adds 4 new
>>>>> properties(iconFill,autoRADHilite,preHilitedItem,
>>>>> preHilitedItemName) and 1 new message(preHiliteChanged). I updated
>>>>> the documentation so the new properties and message show in the
>>>>> dictionary with example(search for "navrad" or just "rad").
>>>>> One thing I ran into was that I had to call the "autohilite"
>>>>> property autoRADHilite because using any existing property causes
>>>>> a confilict that I could not get around without sufficient docs.
>>>>> It does show in the property inspector as "auto hilite". These
>>>>> changes allow 1)enlarge/center the icon if there is no label
>>>>> 2)intercept a selection before it is hilited and make a choice to
>>>>> hilite and send the stock hiliteChanged message (or not). Why no
>>>>> label? For one social media
>>> icons don’t need labels. Why a pre message?
>>>>> Someone suggested it and I thought it was a great idea. Backwards
>>>>> compatible with existing navbar LCS code. The was an auto sizing
>>>>> to card width request. I will look to see if I can do it without
>>>>> more
>>> docs(or help).
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone would like to try it and find any bugs it's at ==>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/51zm4m8dip49jov/com.livecode.widget.navr
>>>>> ad.2
>>>>> .0.0.lce?dl=0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph DiMola
>>>>> IT Director
>>>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>>>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
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