Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 9/9/2015 2:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Paul Dupuis wrote: > > However, I have run into a puzzler. Under Windows 8 (and Win 7) when I > > set the effective rect of a stack to 0,0,x,y or set the effective > > topLeft of a stack to 0,0, that stack is NOT taking into account the > > wider window

Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Scott Rossi
Thanks Paul, good to know. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/9/15, 11:43 AM, "Paul Dupuis" wrote: >Scott, > >See the dictionary entry for "rectangle". There is a specific note that, >as of LC6, the effective rect of a stack includes its decorations and

Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Paul Dupuis
Scott, See the dictionary entry for "rectangle". There is a specific note that, as of LC6, the effective rect of a stack includes its decorations and window borders and is also settable. IMHO it was one of the best new features of LC6+. What I did nto realize, but discovered this week was that you

Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Paul Dupuis wrote: > However, I have run into a puzzler. Under Windows 8 (and Win 7) when I > set the effective rect of a stack to 0,0,x,y or set the effective > topLeft of a stack to 0,0, that stack is NOT taking into account the > wider window borders of Windows 7 and 8 and is positioning the st

Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Mark Waddingham
This sounds like there's a legacy flag on those older stacks but I'm not sure what it might be. If you file a bug report and attach one of the stacks or send one to Hanson we'll take a look. Mark. Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Sep 2015, at 19:11, Paul Dupuis wrote: > > I have an application (m

Re: Window decorations and the effective rect issue

2015-09-09 Thread Scott Rossi
Dumb comment/question on my part: I always thought the effective keyword was for reading only -- didn't think it was settable. From the docs: The effective keyword is implemented internally as a property and appears in the propertyNames. However, it cannot be used as a prop in an expression, nor