How about a ghostText property. An array style property for a data entry field. All the text properties + onEntry dim or hide; or onEmpty dim or hide; dimColor or dimBlendLevel.
Or not an array at all, but labelFont, labelTextSize, labelAlign... It would be nice to not have to require a custom behavior script and to have this on iOS too. - Eric > On Jan 11, 2015, at 20:44, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > There isn't right now but this is an enhancement idea. I don't think it > could use the label property because of its use elsewhere but the idea is > similar to how the label of a group is used when showname is true. >> On Jan 11, 2015 7:24 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Jim. >> >> >> But how is this different from (or better than) a custom property, that >> contains any or all of those other values as an array or list? In other >> words, the "label" property has immense value in, say, a button, where the >> "shown" name may be separate from the actual button name. This extra layer >> of reference is very useful, but is based on the ability to display that >> different text apart from the name. After all, in a button, if the label is >> left blank, the shown name is the actual name of the button. >> >> >> How can a field use this extra layer in a way that enhances its existence, >> since there is no way, no place, to display that extra information? >> >> >> Craig >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Lambert <j...@netrin.com> >> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Sent: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 8:48 pm >> Subject: Re: Fields Have Labels >> >> >> >>> Craig wrote: >>> >>> If you could set the label property to actually change some aspect of a >> field, >> what form would that take? Not the text, I assume. >> >> >> Hi Craig, >> >> I’m thinking the field’s label would have its own property set, such as >> font, >> style, fore/back colors, ‘iconGravity’ etc. >> These properties would be separate from the field’s properties; even >> though the >> label itself is a property of the field. >> >> Jim Lambert >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
