I think we're on the same page: the "logic" in a logical view is in
your resizeStack handler.
If I misunderstand please feel free to elaborate.
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Maarten Koopmans wrote:
Not sure I agree. If you work with a logical view you don't need to
scale at all by default; you can then override it as you see fit
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
Maarten Koopmans wrote:
Subject says it all: does anyone have a clue or a sample handler that
they know off? This is a real nuisance otherwise :(
There's a request in the RQCC for generalized scaling:
<http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6589>
Useful as it is for things like some games, anything with controls on it
will require the developer to write a resizeStack handler to position things
appropriately for both the current device and the current orientation.
Now that I have a great tablet with the Asus Transformer, it drives me crazy
to download apps only to find that they merely scale their display for
tablets, rather than take full advantage of the larger form factor with a
unique layout optimized for it. I don't need 5" wide buttons, I need more
of a view on the content. ;)
And with orientation, if an app only works in one orientation on my tablet I
generally uninstall it immediately after I discover that. I like both
portrait and landscape orientations for different purposes, and if an app
doesn't adapt to me I'm not going to adapt to the app - simpler just to
uninstall and find one that was crafted more earnestly.
With LiveCode we have the resizeStack message, sent when the app opens and
whenever the device orientation changes. We can use the screenrect to
intelligently reposition things to provide an optimal experience on any
device.
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