Actually, the dictionary entry is correct. The property gets the width of a rectangle that encompasses all visible objects, not the rect of the objects.
Horse = beaten yet? :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/10/14 2:49 PM, "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >Yes, I think the problem is with the dictionary entry for formattedWidth >since it claims the formattedWidth of a card is the rectangle that >contains >all its visible objects, which is not true. > >Pete >lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and >SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > > >On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >wrote: > >> FormattedWidth and height are purely width and height measurements. >>They >> don't provide object any position information. >> >> For object positions, use either the rect or formattedRect >>(cards/groups) >> properties. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 7/10/14 12:12 PM, "Richmond" <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >I cannot for the life of me understand why the formattedWidth of the >> >card does not correspond >> >to item 1 of the loc of the 'furthest West' control, or its LEFT. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
