Yep, gotcha. On mobile you’d have to inversely rescale and dynamically reposition the slider control at the same time. Hard to see that working smoothly.
Terry... On 14/10/2015 9:54 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >There's a more substantial limitation, Terry: it's not possible to display >objects that remain unaffected by the scaleFactor within a stack that is >changed by the scaleFactor. > >What I had envisioned was something along the line of Google maps, where >you have a floating slider overlaid on the map that scales the map up and >down. Because the scaleFactor affects all contents within the stack >window, any control you include to adjust scaling will itself get scaled, >making this type of control arrangement unusable. That's why the slider >in the demo is contained in a separate window. On desktop, you could fake >a "built-in" slider control on top of the map using a custom windowShape, >but obviously that won't work on mobile. > >Anyway, if LiveCode isn't able to keep the stack perfectly sized while its >contents are scaled up and down, this direction isn't a good one for >scaling effects. > >Regards, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > >On 10/13/15, 3:41 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Terry Judd" ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > >>Good demo Scott. It doesn¹t look so bad if you set the stack¹s fullscreen >>property to true but that¹s probably not that useful on desktops. >> >>Terry... >> >>On 14/10/2015 9:17 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" >><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >>sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>>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 >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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
