They're pretty simple tables, single line rows, 3 or 4 columns. I'll play around with the new stuff.
So is the generic format something like: set the textalign of line 3 of filed "xyz" to "right". Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:17 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 11/15/12 8:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Well, I guess understanding the new paragraph features is going to take a >> while. Not even sure what a paragraph is in the context of a scrolling >> list field - is every line a paragraph? Also not sure if I can replicate a >> table exactly since I want to have the ability to scroll vertically. >> > > Every line is a paragraph, which corresponds to a row. You can turn on > vgrid and hgrid for a range of lines instead of the whole field if you want > to simulate cells. Lines can have their own background colors now. You can > inset text from the margins and the grids with the padding property, or the > spaceAbove/spaceBelow properties, or the different indent properties. > Because all of this is just lines in a field, you dont need to do anything > to manage scrolling, it will just work. > > What type of table are you reproducing? If it's just tabbed text, it > shouldn't be too hard. You can also use imagesources in the lines if you > need images. > > There is a new "soft" return that allows you to have multiple visible > lines in a paragraph, even though the script will treat it as a single > line. I don't see a way to make that work within tabbed "cells" though, it > applies only to whole lines. If you need multiple lines per cell then it > probably won't work too well. > > I'm using several of these features in my current project and they work > great. Maybe that's why I'm so enthusiastic about them. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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<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
