Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
Bug 17577 > On 5 May 2016, at 14:52, Terence Heaford wrote: > > > No real docs so had a look in navbar.lcb > > I thought this should work: > > set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to “my navigation name” > > but it doesn’t work

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
> On 5 May 2016, at 20:02, Terence Heaford wrote: > >> I can do it with a hilitedItem (number) but not a hilitedItemName. Whenever I try this: set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to "transactions" I get card "transactions": execution error at line 5 (extension: error occured with d

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
> On 5 May 2016, at 19:55, Terence Heaford wrote: > > I can do it with a hilitedItem (number) but not a hilitedItemName. Here is the extract from nabber.lcb: References: hilitedItemName (property) …….. Syntax: set the hilitedItemName of to Syntax: get the hilitedItemName of Summary: The

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
> On 5 May 2016, at 19:31, Mike Kerner wrote: > > It explains how to do it. Sorry, explains how to do what. I have read the blog and…. I cannot find where it tells me how to set the selected item from script using a navigation name (hilitedItemName)? I can do it with a hilitedItem (number)

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Kerner
Scroll to the bottom of the blog post link. It explains how to do it. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > I am sorry I don’t understand your comment. > > Is > > set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to “my navigation name” > > supposed to work, or not. > > All the best

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
I am sorry I don’t understand your comment. Is set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to “my navigation name” supposed to work, or not. All the best Terry > On 5 May 2016, at 17:44, Mike Kerner wrote: > > Put this on the blog post, that came out today, too. __

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Kerner
Put this on the blog post, that came out today, too. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Terence Heaford wrote: > > No real docs so had a look in navbar.lcb > > I thought this should work: > > set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to “my navigation name” > > but it doesn’t work for me. > > set

Re: Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Mike Kerner
Terence, see also https://livecode.com/livecode-widgets-the-navigation-bar/ On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > Put this on the blog post, that came out today, too. > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Terence Heaford > wrote: > >> >> No real docs so had a look in navbar.lcb >

Livecode 8 NavBar

2016-05-05 Thread Terence Heaford
No real docs so had a look in navbar.lcb I thought this should work: set the hilitedItemName of widget "NavBar" to “my navigation name” but it doesn’t work for me. set the hilitedItem of widget "NavBar" to 1 does work. Have I misunderstood how this is supposed to work? All the best Terry