Poor Widget. The bastard child of Livecode objects. <snif> ;-P Bob S
> On Apr 6, 2022, at 16:39 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monte Goulding wrote: > > > ...there has never been any intention of supporting the properties > > for widgets as far as I’m aware... > > If the company wants widgets to be seen as first-class citizens, a little > more conformity with existing object syntax would go a long way to making > that happen. > > It's possible for the engine to derive a set of widget properties. If it's > not also possible to map that into how "the properties" works that would be > very enlightening. > > > FWIW I've had requests to update my 4W Property Sheet tool to special-case > for widgets. I tell people I'll take widgets seriously when the company does, > and if they do I won't need to update my tool because the existing call to > "the properties" that works for everything else will work for widgets. > > Maybe I've been overestimating the importance of widgets to LC Ltd. Guidance > welcome. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web _______________________________________________ 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
