This would be incredibly useful to me if it worked with cards and groups as well. I make extensive use of properties to store things like datagrid column formatting and related tables for a form.
Bob On Sep 4, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: > I'm making available for general use a plugin I've developed. Here's from the > help text: > > ---------- > > What it is > > The ObjectFormats plugin helps you apply stored properties to buttons or > fields in any stack. Set up a field or button the way you want it and save > its properties in this plugin, then apply the whole set of properties to > future fields or buttons with a mouseclick. You can store a list of button > and field formats and use them whenever you want. > > How it works > > Select a button or a field in any stack with the pointer tool, then click the > "save format" button. (The plugin only works for buttons and fields, at least > for now.) After naming your format, a number of properties of the selected > control will be stored and the format will appear in the list in the main > field. Button formats will be indicated with a little oval button icon and > field formats will be indicated with a square field icon. > > Thereafter, if you select a button or a field in any stack and then click on > a format in the list, all the stored properties of that format will be > applied at once to the selected control. > > Certain properties will not be stored or changed, for obvious reasons: the > name, label, altID, rect, behavior, script, layer, text, icon, etc., of > controls will remain untouched, since they are either unique for each control > or should otherwise be handled individually. Only properties relevant to the > general appearance and functioning of the button or field will be set, like > the button or field style, text appearance, border width, margins, blending, > locktext, tabstops, colors, autohilite, showborder, etc, where applicable. > > After you apply a format to an object, the undo button will appear at top > right. If you regret your reformatting of the object, click the undo button > and the previous properties of the selected object will be restored. Note > that only the most recent reformatting operation can be undone. > > Option-click on the "save format" button to examine the relevant properties > of the selected object (without saving them). Option-click on a line in the > format list to see the stored properties of that format (without applying > them). Shift-click on a format in the list to delete it from the plugin. > Command-click on a format to change its name. > > To use it as a plugin, drop the ObjectFormats.rev file into your plugins > folder and restart LiveCode. > > ----------- > > Available at: > .dmg -- http://db.tt/dCBTN1d > .zip -- http://db.tt/Ck6PnYn > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
