I can see the advantages of doing it yourself and intend trying both methods as suggested by yourself and Jaqueline.
I have noted when trying some of the widgets that they do seem to be rather incomplete. All the best Terry > On 5 Nov 2020, at 22:43, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The segmented control is fairly limited. Most of the widgets are. The > properties you see are the properties you get. I did however, with a bit of > clever scripting, develop a tabbed object group that works as well or better > that the built in tabbed button. And for a bonus, it looks in Windows the > same as it loos on the Mac. Really, the Windows UI is really horrible for LC. > I just gotta say. It puts the Ugh in Ughly. > > Bob S > > >> On Nov 5, 2020, at 12:10 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 11/5/20 1:47 AM, Terence Heaford via use-livecode wrote: >>> I have been messing about with the Segmented Control Widget and have been >>> trying to apply a tooltip. >>> I noted that the tooltip can only be applied to the whole control, it does >>> not appear possible to have a tooltip for each segment. >>> Is this possible and if so could someone please advise. >> >> I've done this with a custom control group, it should work with a widget >> too. Calculate the rectangles (or at least the left and right edges) of each >> segment and in a mouseEnter handler compare the mouseLoc to the rectangles >> to see which one it's in. Then set the tooltip to the appropriate string. >> You can also add a mouseMove handler to do the same thing if you want to >> change tooltips as the mouseLoc changes inside the widget. >> >> If the updated tooltip doesn't display reliably, set the tooltip to empty, >> wait a millisecond or so, and then set it to the new string. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
