This might also allow me to position control actually near the original data entry field rather than in the center of the screen.
does having a big transparent background have an side effects? -= Mike On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:28 PM, stephen barncard <stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Michael Doub <miked...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How are other folks working with dialogs? >> > > I sometimes avoid the hassles of another stack, modal limitations, etc. by > using a GROUP with all the entry and controls. > it can have a background that can be dimmed or invisible that obfuscates > the clicking outside the 'fake dialog' and fills the page. > You'll have to write code that handles hide and show and dismissal, etc but > it's not that hard to make really good looking dialogs that way. > > *--* > *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* > _______________________________________________ > 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
