Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-19 Thread BNig
re at times is a 1 pixel difference and at other times not. Prior to 4.6 you had to account for the height of the hScrollBar if it was shown. Prior to 4.5 on a Mac only you also had to take into account the focusedBorder if set to true and active. Kind regards Bernd -- View this message in

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-19 Thread Geoff Canyon Rev
Fair point -- no clue here. On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:02 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I was wondering if the engine counts it regardless of its visibility. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, un

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/18/12 11:35 PM, Geoff Canyon Rev wrote: I turned it off -- no change. Same with the actual border. I was wondering if the engine counts it regardless of its visibility. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Not a clue. Could it be due to the focusborder? We can toggl

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-18 Thread Geoff Canyon Rev
I turned it off -- no change. Same with the actual border. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Not a clue. Could it be due to the focusborder? We can toggle the > visibility, but the engine may still be counting it whether it is showing > or not. > __

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/17/12 11:05 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: The answer to life may be 42, but my question is: "6?" The setup: I create a new scrolling field, fill it with a bunch of text, and drag the scrollbar all the way down, setting the field to its max vertical scroll. When I compare the formattedHeight of th

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-18 Thread Geoff Canyon Rev
I just tested with Rev 4.0 -- exact same issue. ___ 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

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-18 Thread Colin Holgate
There are complex metrics in text fields. Not sure if you get the same situation in LiveCode as in Flash, but look at this article, see if any of the values add up to an extra 6: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/text/TextLineMetrics.html __

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-17 Thread Bob Sneidar
In most cultures that subscribe to some form of numerology, 6 is the number of man. Man made Livecode. Man uses Livecode. Man floats. What else floats? Sticks float. What else do we do with sticks? We burn them. What else do we burn? WITCHES!!! BURN THE WITCH! Bob On Feb 17, 2012, at 9:0

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-17 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Howard Bornstein wrote: > If you change the font size significantly, does that change your > "fudgefactor"? Nope. No setting I can find changes the difference. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design ___ use-live

Re: 6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-17 Thread Howard Bornstein
If you change the font size significantly, does that change your "fudgefactor"? -- Regards, Howard Bornstein --- www.designeq.com mmm, fudge. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subs

6 Is A Mystery Number

2012-02-17 Thread Scott Rossi
The answer to life may be 42, but my question is: "6?" The setup: I create a new scrolling field, fill it with a bunch of text, and drag the scrollbar all the way down, setting the field to its max vertical scroll. When I compare the formattedHeight of the field minus its physical height with the