AFAIK, you can only grab a list of available fonts. Regarding jumping to the first typed letter and automatic scrolling, I believe you want to set the menuHistory property.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media UX/UI Design > On Apr 7, 2015, at 9:12 AM, tbodine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All. > > I have a font menu built with a pull-down type button that works fine, but > the number of system fonts makes finding one a chore for the user. I have > three refinements in mind, but I'm not sure if they are possible. > > 1) Is it possible to get a fonts list from the system (or parse one) that > results in a fonts list of font family names with branching submenus for > each family's variations? > > 2) Can a pull-down menu jump to the first item on the list that starts with > a letter the user has typed? > > 3) When the pull down menu is triggered, I'd like it to automatically scroll > to the position of the currently selected font. But my method for that > failed: get the line # of the the current font name, multiply that by the > formattedHeight of line 1 of button "Fonts" [that's what triggers error > "Object does not have this property"], then set the vscroll of button > "Fonts" to the pixel count.) > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. (BTW, this is for Mac and Windows, > not mobile.) > > Tom Bodine > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Refining-a-Font-Menu-tp4690896.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
