Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I use a space and a tab, then set the tabs of the field to control the distance of the list from the images. Bob S > On Mar 23, 2018, at 19:19 , Phil Davis via use-livecode > wrote: > > One idea: > > - Create or find a checkmark image you like, that looks good within the > textHeight of y

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
What he said. I have a bullet image I use for list fields if what I am doing is too simple for a datagrid. Sometimes a list is just a list. Bob S > On Mar 23, 2018, at 19:15 , Brian Milby via use-livecode > wrote: > > Check out "imagesource" - it may be what you need. You can do something

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
o: Knapp Martin via use-livecode Cc: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows One idea: - Create or find a checkmark image you like, that looks good within the textHeight of your lists - Import it into your app - make sure each line of text begins with maybe 3 spaces - use the

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Knapp Martin via use-livecode
via use-livecode > Cc: Phil Davis > Subject: Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows > > One idea: > > - Create or find a checkmark image you like, that looks good within the > textHeight of your lists > - Import it into your app > - make sure each line of text begins with maybe

RE: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Clarence Martin via use-livecode
Phil, can you provide a sample script? -Original Message- From: use-livecode On Behalf Of Phil Davis via use-livecode Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 7:20 PM To: Knapp Martin via use-livecode Cc: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows One idea: - Create or find a check

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
One idea: - Create or find a checkmark image you like, that looks good within the textHeight of your lists - Import it into your app - make sure each line of text begins with maybe 3 spaces - use the ID of the checkmark image as the imageSource of char 1 of each line - let your (now modified)

Re: Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Check out "imagesource" - it may be what you need. You can do something like: *set* the imageSource of char 1 of line 1 of fld "Test" of this cd to 878 Which is a "+" sign, but you can use your own images. modTableField uses this strategy and has icons for the checked and unchecked state. You c

Checkmark for Mac & Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Knapp Martin via use-livecode
I generate lists on the fly with the first item of each line set with a checkmark. After I construct the list under script, I just insert it into a standard LC table field. The user can then toggle the checkmark of each line off or on with a click (a script in the field takes care of that). On