You might post this to the "Feature Requests" pane in the forums.
Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Michael Doub <miked...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 28, 2015 12:16 pm Subject: Re: Thousands Separators Richard, I think Hugh had the same thoughts when he created the fieldformatter (http://www.flexiblelearning.com/fieldformatter/). Were you thinking of something different? -= Mike On 7/28/15 9:59 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > It's of course very useful that we have a community able and willing > to share handler for things like number formatting. > > But stepping back to look at the big picture, I find myself wondering: > > Why is that even necessary? > > Why isn't that just a field property, e.g. "the displayFormat"? > > The core language is very easy to use, but in many very common cases > like this it's not so easy at all, as we have to hand-craft things > that less capable tools provide as simple property settings. > > Another good candidate complimenting displayFormat would be > inputFilter, allowing us to set a property to enforce data entry rules > for specific types (numeric, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.). > > For all the wonderful time-saving features LiveCode provides, we spend > way too much time re-inventing some very basic wheels. > > Sure, we could wait for v8's Widgets for something like this, but I > wouldn't mind seeing a behavior library for this sooner. I'd help. > Anyone have the time to steward such a project? Even better if > someone here has the chops to do this in the engine where it's > arguably most beneficial for all of us. I'd chip in on a bounty for > either of these. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
