JIm, I'm a fan of Mr. Rinaldi as well - he supplied the first serial xcmds for hypercard back in 89 - however I can't get Smartproperties to work these days - have you used it lately?
sqb On 19 March 2012 14:57, Jim Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Pete, > > Yes, my feeling exactly. It looks like there was a conscious effort to > omit the foregroundColor for the slider (and scollbar as well). I was > worried that it was to be deprecated. > > (I wasn't concerned about ALL the properties being in the Inspector. It is > odd, however, that there is a place for the foreGroundColor property, an > icon but no defining text, but no way to access it. I suspect RR got > distracted while implementing the slider Inspector.) > > You might want to check out Richard's 4wProps (under the > Development/Plugins menu). Easy access to all the properties. > > Occasionally I have found (legendary) Renaldi's SmartProperties > invalueable. It allows one to compare side by side the properties to two > objects. It is valuable in finding out why two, apparently identical, > controls behave or look different. > > Jim Hurley > > > Message: 24 > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:42:46 -0700 > > From: Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > > Subject: Re: Text formatting for a slider > > Message-ID: > > <CABx6j9mAJJtKUZneWCna5tP7fWxUMBvH7LqBsvxZgbJ= > ybd...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Yeah, but that displays all possible properties of any object. The > > "properties" property of an object gets you an array of properties for a > > specific object. Still a long list mind you, and not a complete list > > either according to the dictionary. > > > > I think you're probably right that it would make the inspector windows > very > > unwieldy to include all properties. The problem is that by leaving some > of > > them out, arbitrarily, it gives the impression that they aren't > available, > > especially to new users. I remember when I first started using LC and > > wanted to set the behavior of an option menu button - there's no > inspector > > window behavior field so I just assumed it wasn't possible for some > reason > > and went down a different, much more complicated path. > > > > Seems like it would have been trivial to include one more option in the > > inspector option menu for "All Properties" or something similar. I ended > > up writing my own plugin to show all the properties of a selected object > > and allow me to change any of them. > > > > Pete > > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> On 03/19/2012 06:05 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: > >> > >>> I have a slider in which the showValue is set to true. > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, the card background is gray and the black slider value > is > >>> very difficult to read. > >>> > >>> The inspector for the slider does not display an option for the > >>> foreground color. Why not? > >>> > >>> Using 4W Properties (thank you RIchard) the foreground color is listed > as > >>> an option (and can be changed there, or from the msg box.) > >>> > >>> Why this omission in the Inspector? (LC version 4 AND 5.) > >>> > >> > >> Almost all object have a vast number of options that one can fiddle > around > >> with; the Props Inspector only > >> displays a subset of them; why? I don't know, but I can hazard a guess: > >> > >> a Props Inspector that displayed ALL the props of each object might be > so > >> unwieldy as to be virtually unusable. > >> > >> "Just for fun" . . . > >> > >> Set up a new stack with a scrollingListField field called "PROPPS" > >> > >> and try this in the MessageBox: > >> > >> put the propertyNames into fld "PROPPS" > >> > >> and "blow your mind" . . . :) > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> 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< > 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 > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ 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
