Believe me, Marty, that was the first thing I asked about. I sent them a demo stack that illustrated the limitations of the effect, but they said they couldn't make the behavior work the way I (and you) want.
You can try the demo stack via your message box: go url "http://tactilemedia.com/download/WindowScalingExample.livecode"; Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 10/13/15, 3:01 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Marty Knapp" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of martyknapps...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hey Scott, >It would nice to see this developed more for sure. At this point, I'd >settle for something even quasi - elegant, just for my users to be able >to have a magnified view of the screen. > >Marty >> Many of us tried to do the same thing when the feature was first >> announced. Unfortunately, you can't really use it for a zoom effect, at >> least not since I last looked into this. As you've seen, the stack >>jumps >> around as the scale is changed, and even if you reposition it >>dynamically, >> the results aren't the best. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 10/13/15, 12:57 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Marty Knapp" >> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >> martyknapps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm playing around with scaleFactor on a desktop app as sort of a "zoom >>> view" feature. But there are some weirdnesses about it, especially in >>> terms of screen placement. For example, when the scaleFactor is >>>anything >>> but 1, setting the loc of a stack is way off. Like setting the loc of a >>> stack to the screenLoc does not place it at the center of the screen. >>> >>> It would be nice to be able to scale a window in/out from the topLeft >>>or >> >from the center of the stack too. >>> I tried a few things, but nothing I came up with was very acceptable. >>> Anybody else played with this? >>> >>> Marty K >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > >-- >Best regards, >Marty Knapp >Knappster Solutions LLC >--------------------------- ><www.CheckBuilderPro.com> ><www.TheCheckPrintshop.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
