I didn't remember that the datagrid is actually a group, well kind of. I'll take a look at that. Thanks for the info.
Håkan On 15 Apr 2020, 18:31 +0200, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > This is possible - you would need to look at how the datagrid does it: > https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/blob/develop/Toolset/resources/supporting_files/property_definitions/com.livecode.interface.classic.DataGrid.tsv > > Each datagrid property uses a custom getter / setter defined in the IDE > library which does the right thing. You would have to tweak either the > 'properties info' stuff in the ide library or perhaps add a frontscript > that intercepts revIDEExtensionPropertiesInfo and returns the array from > the revIDEExtensionLibrary implementation augmented with your custom data. > Alternatively you could use the inspectorData setProp handler of > revInspectorTemplate more directly. > > It will be a little tricky I suspect, but definitely doable. We really > would like to add a way to make 'script widgets' - i.e. aggregate livecode > controls with script behaviors - but there are some technical hurdles to > overcome before that is possible (at least in a way that insulates them in > the same way as a widget is) > > On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 15:42, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > When building widgets we can quite easily “inject" the properties into the > > ordinary property inspector. I often build new controls out of LiveCode > > controls and mainly a group of controls. Currently I have my own system > > with my own tools palette for dragging them to the current card and my own > > “property” stack to handle some of the properties, but does anyone know if > > it is possible to use the standard property inspector instead? > > > > As they are usually ordinary LiveCode groups (with some behavior script) > > it would be nice to be able to use the ordinary property inspector and just > > add some extra properties. Again in the same manner as a widget property > > works. > > > > I found this blog post: > > > > > > https://livecode.com/how-to-create-plugins-and-tools-with-the-livecode-8-0-ide/ > > > > That gives some hint but I can’t find how my controls should respond to > > the property inspector. > > > > :-Håkan > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
