I wonder if a set of screen templates for a range of ui configurations might not be a product folks would be willing to pay for. It sounds like it might save some folks a lot of time. Bill
William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org > On Jan 4, 2016, at 6:33 PM, Colin Holgate <colinholg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Don’t know, you should test it. According to the help it returns the > screenrect after removing things like the keyboard overlay. But that may > still be in virtual pixels, based on the card rect. > > >> On Jan 4, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org> >> wrote: >> >> Seems better to let Livecode do the job… which means working in iPad size >> even though your main target is phones. Odd, but that would work for >> controls that are meant to stay top and bottom. >> >> OTHO I don’t understand how it is that “tricky”… doesn’t the screen rect >> solve this for any device? >> >> on preOpenCard >> put the effective screenrect into tRect >> set the bottom of group “tabBar” to item 4 of tRect >> end preOpenCard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On January 4, 2016 at 3:12:46 PM, Colin Holgate >> (colinholg...@gmail.com<mailto:colinholg...@gmail.com>) wrote: >> >> Which you choose is often dependent on whether you have tools that stick to >> the top and bottom, or the sides. If you do use code to make them snap into >> place, it can be tricky. You need to find the real width and height of the >> device itself, divide one into the other, and use that as a multiplier >> against your card size to know how far from the center the controls should >> be placed. If you’re only doing current iOS devices you could make >> assumptions about it being 16:9 or 4:3, but that might not always be the >> case, and it wouldn’t be correct for most Android devices. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
