I'm almost afraid to say this but itlooks like this is pretty easy to do with variable spaced fonts too.
I did a simple test with an input field, an output scrolling list field, and a button with the following code: on mouseUp put the hilitedLine of field "Output" into tLine put the formattedwidth of field "Input" into tWidthIn put 100 into tWidthOut subtract tWidthIn from tWidthOut set the tabstops of line tline of field "Output" to tWidthOut & comma & 100 put tab & field "Input"& tab & tLine into line tLine of field "Output" end mouseUp The text in the input field ended up right justified in the the hilited line of the scrolling list field. I'll no doubt have to deal with some corner cases but I think I have right justified columns in my scrolling list field. Very cool! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:45 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > If you do go with a monospaced font, the alignment isn't too hard. For the > right-aligned columns, just run the content through this ancient HC > function before putting it into the field: > > function rightAlign theText,theWidth -- width of column in chars > put char 1 to theWidth of theText into theText > put char 1 to (theWidth-length of theText) of " " > before theText -- or "after" for left-aligned > return theText > end rightAlign > > Use enough spaces between the quotes to cover the column width, for worst > cases. > > Or there's probably a better way now using the format function. > _______________________________________________ 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
