Keith: To me, it seems like you're talking about two different things here. To create custom roundrect buttons, you're correct: you either need to import button images to use as icons on native button objects, or create buttons using roundrect graphics and/or groups.
When it comes to behaviors, native buttons are simply the containers that hold the behavior scripts for whatever objects they are assigned to -- behaviors can be assigned to virtually any object in LiveCode. I'm not sure why you would need to style/modify a behavior button with a gradient. So your workflow could be to create your custom button object (graphic or group) and then place its operating script/s within the object itself, or set the object's behavior to a native button that contains the operating script/s. Hope this helps. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design Recently, Keith Clarke wrote: > Hi folks, > Is there any particular reason why buttons don't support gradients - at least > for those styles of button that are not attempting to be (desktop) > OS-compliant, such as rounded rectangles? > > This seems strange as native gradient support for rounded rectangle buttons > would (seem to) simplify web and mobile app development(?) > > The current (manual) workflow a tad long-winded: > for each button > for each state > create rounded rectangle graphics for fill and border, group, import > as an image and set as the button's icon > next state > next button > > Am I missing a trick here - or is it perhaps that with behaviours, buttons are > now obsolescent for the UI and instead, we should be setting common, > button-like behaviours and styles onto graphics (or groups)? > > But currently, behaviours have to point to buttons - and buttons don't support > gradients - return to line 1!! > > Can anyone help break this loop? > Best, > Keith.. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
