I suspect you can make a custom dialog work however you want. IMHO I don't think dialogs are something that I ought to have to custom design, but then again I am spoiled by the ease of development working with Livecode.
Bob On Nov 21, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > Sorry Bob. I'm so Mac oriented that I forget some of us have to deal with > Windows. I had never checked, but had "assumed" that when I call for "as > sheet" that the Dialogs produced for Window's versions would, at least be > located similarly, if not functionally, as a "sheet" type dialog. Guess > "assume" bit me in the butt as usual. (smile) > > If you're rolling your own, can't you just make the Dialog Window non-modal, > so it can be dragged out of the way when necessary? > > Joe Wilkins > > On Nov 21, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote: > >> If it were fairly easy to get sheet dialogs in Windows, I would be all for >> it. I am looking at eventually having to go through an app and make it cross >> platform, meaning a lot of conditional checks for things like this. I don't >> think it should be a decision RnRev makes whether or not an application >> complies with interface guidelines, however I get that the feature of >> producing an app for each platform that has the look and feel of the >> respective OS is compelling. >> >> There should probably be a preference or property to be able to override the >> default HIG specifications, so that if I want to use sheet dialogs, or some >> other mechanism not prescribed in the HIG, I should be able to. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Richmond wrote: >> >>> >>>> Only works for Mac. The original discussion was about how to get Windows >>>> and Linux dialogs to act like the Mac ones. Sheet is Mac specific. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Well, this thread started with something Mac specific (badges in answer >>> dialogs), so I really don't see why >>> it should continue with any exceptions . . . >>> >>> 3 sheets to the wind. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
