With showAll, I wouldn’t even use code. Have the tools centered in one direction and aligned to the edges in the other direction. If you want tools to hug a corner, then it gets more complicated.
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:49 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org> > wrote: > > Disclaimer on my “Safe Zone’ stack > > The initial discovery “target” for that initiative was simply to come up with > something to tell our illustrators and artists. I believe the 75% “middle > area is your safe zone” but 12.5% top/Bottom (or left-right) holds as an > instruction for artists. > > BUT: @Jacque: agreed we need take this to the “next level” > > — for controls in the LC GUI, the issue is more complex: and yes, I see/saw > the same problem…note in that stack how the bottom group “utils” is floating > on a baseline 12.5% of the vertical height up from the actual bottom of the > iPad in the simulator > > @Colin: "Just have the left of left side tools be at 0, and the right of > right side tools be at the card width.” > > Good idea, but: > > Where and when do you call this? I tried a similar simple approach for the > bottom bar with “set the bottom of group “utils” to the height of this > stack” this works if I resize the stack in Livecode (in an attempt to > simulate the simulator) > > but it’s not working in the xCode simulator when running a 16 X 9 stack to a > iPad as the test target > > I tried three methods which try to avoid "don’t use clever code to position > the tools.: > > but they all failed > > but resizeStack is not sent when opened on a different device/ratio (it would > be cool if that were a feature!() > > > on resizeStack x,y > > set the bottom of group "utils" to y > > set the bottom of group "bottomBleedGroup" to y > > end resizestack > > > doesn’t work > > > This also does not work: > > > on preOpenStack > > if isMobile() then > > Set the fullScreenMode of this stack to "ShowAll" > > end if > > put the rect of this card into tCardRect > > set the bottom of group "utils" to item 4 of tCardRect > > set the bottom of group "bottomBleedGroup" to item 4 of tCardRect > > > > end preOpenStack > > > This also does not work: > > > on preOpenStack > > if isMobile() then > > Set the fullScreenMode of this stack to "ShowAll" > > put the effective working ScreenRect into tScreenRect > > end if > > > set the bottom of group "utils" to item 4 of tScreenRect > > set the bottom of group "bottomBleedGroup" to item 4 of tScreenRect > > > > end preOpenStack > > > Those group stick to their original “native” stack location even though the > current device context offers more area below (or top or left and right) > > > So, perhaps we need just a bit of “clever code” ?? Is the card script is a > better location, since possibly preOpenStack is not yet informed as the > screen context? > > > BR > > > > > > > > On January 25, 2016 at 8:12:49 AM, J. Landman Gay > (jac...@hyperactivesw.com<mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com>) wrote: > > I've moved a 16:9 stack to Android and the problem with right/left edges > wasn't minor. There was a significant gap at the edges that made toolbars and > images appear to be hanging in space. > > I think the general rule to use 75% of the internal area for the content will > probably translate to Android fine, but if there are background images, > toolbars, or other objects that need to cover the entire visible area then > they need to be much wider and/or taller than the dimensions of an iPhone to > be usable on the wide variety of 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
