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I see what you might mean. In a group the label appears as a, er, label in the upper left corner. I wonder if a more featured label field might use that to advantage. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 11:44 pm Subject: Re: Fields Have Labels 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
