Graham, Check out iphonePick, or mobilePick if you want to be cross platform. That should do what you want. It's all explained in the dictionary.
Chris -- Chris Sheffield Read Naturally, Inc. www.readnaturally.com On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > In an iOS app I'm developing I would like to use a scrolling text list where > the user can drag the whole list up and down (i.e. scroll the list) but can > also select a line by touching it. This type of interaction is permitted in > iOS: a simple example is the index of Apple's own Contacts app. > > I have looked at the latest iOS notes for LC5.5 (Scroller Control - > UIScrollView) and I can't understand how the textual list (like an ordinary > LC scrolling field) would come in to the scroller; I'm also just beginning to > use MobGUI to introduce some native controls, and that has a scroller object > too. It is complex and consists of a group into which it is possible to > introduce such an LC field, but in that case it is sensitive to touches, but > not to dragging/scrolling - I tried setting the parameter 'delay touches' but > it didn't seem to change anything. > > Obviously I have missed some underlying concept here. The LC iOS doc says > that a scroller isn't a container for other controls, but I don't know what > that means. It seems a gnomic pronouncement rather on the lines of "Light is > not a thing" or “Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.” Sounds terrific, but > what does it actually mean? > > I also tried reading the UIScrollView section of Apple's documentation. It's > promising in a way (it mentions the need to do the kind of thing I'm talking > about) but it doesn't help me enough to allow me to proceed. > > Does anyone know how to do this? I have asked MobGUI support, but I don't > know how reactive they are. > > TIA > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > 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
