Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread stephen barncard
it's "gotchas" like this that have caused me to make my own custom controls. One can make those work exactly for the task at hand. here's a custom control I made back in 2007 in Revolution/Livecode. Inspired by a Ken Ray presentation at Revcon 2. http://houseofcubes.com/examples/trioPanel.png O

Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Yes, sorry, I forgot to mention that "the tabstops of..." is a FIELD property > (only), > not a button property! See the dictionary. Yeah, but this is one that combo boxes *should* have for their field-like behavior . . . :) More seriously

Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Mike Bonner
You might read the article here. http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/march/issue87/newsletter4.php It details a custom built combo box. The link to the example is no longer valid, but a copy of it can be found at http://www.imksoftware.co.uk/JDCombobox.zip (I found this link at http://lists.runrev.c

Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Klaus on-rev
Am 17.06.2012 um 18:02 schrieb Dr. Hawkins: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >>> Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a >>> "no property specified" error when I try >>> >>>set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 >> the correct term is "

Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >> Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box?  I'm getting a >> "no property specified" error when I try >> >>    set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 > > the correct term is "the tabstops of ..." set the tabstops of btn prt

Re: set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Richard, Am 17.06.2012 um 17:01 schrieb Dr. Hawkins: > Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a > "no property specified" error when I try > >set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 the correct term is "the tabstops of ..." But I doubt that buttons can hav

set tab widths on combo box

2012-06-17 Thread Dr. Hawkins
Is there a way to set the tab widths on a combo box? I'm getting a "no property specified" error when I try set the the tab widths of button exTyp to 3 of Error description: Properties: token is not a property The default stops are way to large for a 1 char hotkey, and there's enough va