Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread RM
You have made me an extremely happy person! Thanks, Ali. Richmond. On 8.05.2016 17:37, Ali Lloyd wrote: The old style 'contents' pane will be reinstated in (probably) the next RC: https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1159 On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:31 PM RM wrote: If one enters mult

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread J. Landman Gay
It expands as you add text. I do wish it showed a few more lines initially though, it would make the field easier to find and less claustrophobic when typing. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread Ali Lloyd
The old style 'contents' pane will be reinstated in (probably) the next RC: https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1159 On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:31 PM RM wrote: > If one enters multi-line text, then clicks on another tab in the Props > palette, then clicks on the 'house' again > the Conte

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread RM
If one enters multi-line text, then clicks on another tab in the Props palette, then clicks on the 'house' again the Content field resizes to accommodate the text, but is does not do that as one types: so one has to keep tab-clicking back and forth as one types . . . R. On 8.05.2016 17:17, Ran

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread Randy Hengst
Have you tried resizing the property palette window? When I have multiple lines entered into a field, I can see up to nine lines of the field in the “Content” tab. be well, randy Randy Hengst www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com > On May 8, 2016, at 4:43 AM, RM wrote: > > Thanks for that, alth

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread Roger Eller
I too prefer to initialize a new field with "default content" in an inspector rather than having to switch back to end-user mode. On May 8, 2016 6:04 AM, "Peter W A Wood" wrote: > Richmond > > > Thanks for that, although a single line 'thing' does > > not "Do for me" what the previous field did.

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread Peter W A Wood
Richmond > Thanks for that, although a single line 'thing' does > not "Do for me" what the previous field did. > > R. Having to type titles of buttons and text of labels and fields of GUI objects into a contents property in a separate window is this issue to me. I find it counter intuitive. Ev

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread RM
Picture indicating how inferior the new 'content' thing is: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27232 R. On 8.05.2016 12:43, RM wrote: Thanks for that, although a single line 'thing' does not "Do for me" what the previous field did. R. On 8.05.2016 11:21, Peter W A Wood wrote: Ri

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread RM
Thanks for that, although a single line 'thing' does not "Do for me" what the previous field did. R. On 8.05.2016 11:21, Peter W A Wood wrote: Richmond The screenshot you displays has the Text Styling tab visible. Did you try clicking on the little house icon ? Reagards Peter On 8 May 20

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread Peter W A Wood
Richmond The screenshot you displays has the Text Styling tab visible. Did you try clicking on the little house icon ? Reagards Peter > On 8 May 2016, at 15:44, RM wrote: > > More: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27232 > > R. > > On 7.05.2016 21:38, RM wrote: >> So, I was m

Re: Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-08 Thread RM
More: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27232 R. On 7.05.2016 21:38, RM wrote: So, I was mucking around trying to reduplicate/solve John Patten's problem with Arrow Keys in Livecode 8 (I reduplicated them: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27225), and thought I'd do w

Getting text into a Livecode field

2016-05-07 Thread RM
So, I was mucking around trying to reduplicate/solve John Patten's problem with Arrow Keys in Livecode 8 (I reduplicated them: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27225), and thought I'd do what I usually do: enter some text in a field and do a quick "import snapshot" to get a label