Could you either create a “comments” custom property set or a “comments” key?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 23, 2021, at 8:05 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Random Thought of the Day: > > Does anyone else wish that custom properties had an optional comment field > that could be viewed in the Property Inspector (PI)? > > I realize you can always comment properties in the code where you use them, > but I find myself often in the PI looking at a Property that has, say an > enumerated set of values, and I don't remember what all the values are, nor > do I remember exactly where in the many stacks of code the property is first > documented. I find myself wishing each custom property has a comment field. > > I suppose I could create a library of setProp and getProp handlers for every > property I might like to document and document the values or constraints > there. I suppose if I am doing that extra degree of work then I could enforce > any constraints on the customer property in the getProp and setProp handlers, > but that seems like a non-trivial extra amount of work just to remember that > the custom property should only have values of X, Y, and Z. > > Thoughts? > > _______________________________________________ > 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
