On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:39:39 -0800, Stephen Barncard wrote: > The best way to make the actual controls you really need is to make > them from scratch -- then they can do anything you want. And it's not > as hard as you might think. All a combobox is - is a popupMenu > coupled with a field in a group and some logic. > > I ran into the same stumbling block a couple of years ago, just > before the last Revcon (I miss you guys) and then attended a > performance by the amazing Ken Ray, who showed how to 'think out of > the box' when it comes to making controls.
Thanks for the kind words, Stephen! In fact I ran into the same issue and merged a field with an option button in a group and made my own "combobox"... lets me put checkboxes next to items, full formatting on the field, etc. > I wish you could see his > demonstration online - he's probably saving it and more for the > upcoming conference in Las Vegas. I may end up doing a voiceover and putting it up on my site; as to Las Vegas, you'll have to just wait and see... ;-) > I was quite inspired to come up > with my own solution, even before I left the conference that week! > > http://houseofcubes.com/rev/multiBOX.png > > my only graphics, the button, is just a screenshot of the combobox > button and stretched out and a round rectangle and the rest are stock > fields, and an invisible button. > there are three of these, side by side, in the application. Nicely done, Stephen! Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution