Is there any reason why you don't want to use a datagrid?

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On 07/08/2012, at 12:34 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> I have a carefully sized gradient image that I use as a custom hilite pattern 
> in a list field. It is exactly the height of the textheight. When the field 
> is not scrolled it lines up perfectly with any selected line of the field.
> 
> But if the scrollbar is dragged and stopped in between even lineheight 
> increments, the pattern tiles in a very ugly way. It looks like the engine is 
> just tiling the pattern all the way down the field and whatever line is 
> currently selected just makes that area of the tiled image show through.
> 
> I don't really want to mess with creating a patterned button to lay over the 
> field as a fake selection rectangle. Does anyone know of a trick to prevent 
> the inaccurate pattern when the field isn't scrolled to an even increment?
> 
> I suppose another option is to script the field to snap to the next 
> lineheight increment but if there's a better trick I'd prefer it.
> 
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jac...@hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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