I don't like this idea. Every control then has to have some special keyword for describing its state, even when the controls are compound, as radio buttons and segmented controls, tables, etc. are on mobile. Originally, a checkbox was for one state, and a radio button was for multiple states. A segmented control, a table, etc. are all differing visual representations of the same thing, but the way the behavior is described can vary, and as we have seen with mobile, the appearance can change, too. Checkboxes still check...for now, but Jony Ive, or the lead designer from any other interface project can blow that paradigm up any time they choose, and you can choose to follow or not.
So if, for single-state controls, you want to have a new property, then it should be something that is appearance-agnostic, like, I don't know, selected, perhaps, and I think it should be boolean and matter-of-fact if the selected of myCheckbox or if myCheckbox is selected For multi-state controls, again, the keyword should be appearance agnostic, or perhaps the control ought to be a single unit with multiple options instead of being independent controls if myRadioButtons is "one" then or if myListOfBundesligaSquads is "Bayer" then and the script of those controls should apply to every option in the "group" (for lack of a better word), and it ought to be a single control instead of several controls, like radio buttons are/tend-to-be. On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > Oh, don’t be embarrassed! I have lots of things I never learned and many > others I forgot! All the rest I need reminders on. > > I’ve had grandkids teach me new tricks in LiveCode! > > Dar > > > On May 3, 2014, at 5:11 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > wrote: > > > After I sent that, I got embarrassed because I knew you already knew > that... > > > > On 5/3/14, 3:56 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > >> Yeah, but that doesn’t change the highlight of the button. > >> > >> On May 3, 2014, at 2:39 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> On 5/3/14, 1:45 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > >>>> What do folks think of making the text of a checkbox either “checked” > or “unchecked” depending on the highlight? > >>>> > >>>> So kids (and I) can write…. > >>>> > >>>> if button “multiplayer” is “checked” then > >>>> — > >>>> end if > >>> > >>> Forgot to say, you can already do that. The only difference between > what's available now and what you mention is that first you'd have to do > the "putting". After that you can use the conditional. > >>> > >>> put "checked" into btn 1 > >>> > >>> And then in any script: > >>> > >>> if btn 1 is "checked" then > >>> answer "I'm checked" > >>> end if > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
