Yep, that was it! I had pasted some text from elsewhere. The text **looks** perfectly normal (and the count of characters is the same as in the visual representation of them, so none apparently hidden), but in some way it must mess up the functioning of the Property Inspector. As Ralph confirms, the initial text (in a Label Field, it’s just “Label:”) can be changed via the Property Inspector without being specifically selected - in fact you can’t select the ‘contents’ text in the Property Inspector display. So IMHO it’s a bug, if a minor one. Will report it, but I don’t expect a quick solution. Odd, though.
Thanks to Ralph and Richard Graham > On 18 May 2020, at 22:59, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Works OK on Mac and PC here LC 9.6 rc1. I created new stack put in a label > field. I did not change the default text. Could it be the actual text you put > in the field causing the PI problem for you? > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Graham Samuel via use-livecode > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 4:45 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Graham Samuel > Subject: Changing text properties in a field via the IDE > > I’m using LC 9.6.0 rc1 on a Mac. Just now I did something very simple that > didn’t work. I created a label field, opened the Property Inspector for the > field and changed its text - that worked. Then I attempted to change the font > size - that didn’t work. The appearance of the label in the stack itself > didn’t change, nor could I change the font, make the text bold etc. I tried > this again with a regular field - same result. I started a new stack with > just the one field - same result. > > All these values can be changed by script, in the Message Box or elsewhere, > but I can’t make them in the IDE by changing values in the Property Inspector. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > 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
