Rolf Kocherhans wrote:
> Is it possible to change the location of an „answer dialog as sheet“
> on OS X ?
>
> I know that we can change the loc of a normal dialog box
> (preOpenStack), but can we also do the same with a dialog box
> opened as sheet respectively a stack opened as sheet ?
>
> I would like to move the dialog box/stack down approx. 20 pixels
> because I would like to use it in a stack with a custom window shape.
There's a request in the RQCC to add SuperCard's "at <loc>" option to
the ask and answer commands:
<http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4309>
Useful as that may seem, the behavior of the ask and answer dialogs is
usually HIG-savvy enough that it's quite a rare edge case when we need
them opened at a location other than what they do naturally.
However, a custom window is such an edge case. :)
Using a group may not be a bad option, esp. if the top edge of your
window isn't a straight line since the dialog will appear in a way that
fully takes your window's shape into account. After all, you're already
using a non-standard window, why not go all the way?
Alternatively, you can either modify the preOpenStack handler of the
answer dialog, or insert a frontScript to handle that in conjunction
with a custom property in which you specify the desired loc:
Caller script:
on mouseUp
set the uCustomLoc of stack "answer dialog" to 400,400
answer "Hello World"
end mouseUp
FrontScript:
on preOpenStack
if the short name of this stack is "answer dialog" then
get the uCustomLoc of stack "answer dialog"
if it is a point then
set the loc of stack "answer dialog" to it
end if
end if
pass preOpenStack -- critical to pass messages in frontScripts
end preOpenStack
To avoid having to make sure you always either explicitly set the
location property or clear it, you could also add this to the frontScript:
on closeStack
if the short name of this stack is "answer dialog" then
set the uCustomLoc of stack "answer dialog" to empty
end if
pass closeStack
end closeStack
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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