Re: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode

2014-04-16 Thread Tim Bleiler
On Apr 16, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I believe this is a result of the interaction between LC and the Mac OS X > routines needed to render the controls, since the Mac HIG requires certain > controls to be only of a specified range of sizes. > > I haven't tested this on Windows

Re: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode

2014-04-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tim Bleiler wrote: > Just curious, could someone explain why buttons with style set > to "menu" and menuMode set to either "option" or "comboBox" > don't draw/render beyond a certain height? I believe this is a result of the interaction between LC and the Mac OS X routines needed to render the

RE: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode

2014-04-16 Thread John Dixon
Ah, sorry... misread your question...:-( > From: blei...@buffalo.edu > Subject: Re: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:09:49 -0400 > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Thanks John, that does affect the size of the menu that pops up but I&

Re: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode

2014-04-16 Thread Tim Bleiler
Thanks John, that does affect the size of the menu that pops up but I'm interested in the size of the actual button that the user clicks on. I don't see any way to change that and I was wondering if it's supposed to do that. On Apr 16, 2014, at 11:01 AM, John Dixon wrote: > They will... but yo

RE: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode

2014-04-16 Thread John Dixon
They will... but you have to set the number of lines that they will display. Have a look at the 'property' inspector for a combo box... you can set them through the property inspector or through script..:-) > From: blei...@buffalo.edu > Subject: Limits of the Option and ComboBox menuMode > Date: