The problem is solved with no code necessary by simply setting the autohilte property to off, as Marty revealed a couple of days ago.
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Name all your checkboxes with a special 3 character prefix. Have a mouseUp > handler in your card or stack script: > > ON mouseUp pMouseBtnNo > put the short name of the selectedobject into theObjectName > IF char 1 to 3 of theObjectName is "chk" THEN -- for example > set the hilite of the selectedobject to not the hilite of > theSelectedObject > END IF > pass mouseUp > END mouseUp > > You can also disable the checkboxes, but they are then a shadow grey > color. Unfortunately, changing the foregroundcolor and backgroundcolor of a > disabled checkbox does not override this effect the way it does in a field, > so no love there. > > Bob > > On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Pete wrote: > > > I have a stack which is used to show information in a display only mode, > > the user is not allowed to change any of the displayed values. I want to > > use checkboxes in some cases. How can I prevent the user clicking the > > check box and changing its state? > > > > I've currently got them disabled to achieve this but I'd prefer them to > > have their enabled appearance, just not allow them to be changed. I've > > considered making images of the checkbox in its checked and unchecked > > state, disabling the checkbox and assigning the appropriate image as its > > disabled icon depending on the checkbox's state but wondering if there's > a > > more straightforward way to do this. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ 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
