Ali: That’s true. I had the Property Labels set to “Description”. I actually never set it, but it was that way from earlier versions, probably. Best, Bill
> On Mar 17, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Ali Lloyd <ali.ll...@livecode.com> wrote: > > I think some of your issues may be because you have the property inspector > set to Property Labels -> Name of LiveCode property rather than Description > of Option. I'll add a bug report to make sure the latter option is selected > during the tutorial. > > The double click on the inspector icon is actually a very subtle bug: > http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17154 > > All the rest is very helpful feedback, thank you! > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:41 PM William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> > wrote: > >> Folks: >> I just downloaded LC 8 DP16 and tried out the tutorial. I suspect that the >> authors of this would appreciate my notes as I went through the tutorial. >> First, off, it’s really nice and does show that Livecode can make very cool >> apps. Great job! >> >> Since this is the first intro a newbie might get to Livecode, it’s really >> vital that the tutorial process be flawless. That’s why I’m hoping my >> comments below are helpful, and I do know how hard it can be, when the IDE >> may be a slightly moving target and there is LOTS to do. >> >> As you can read from my notes below, I took the perspective of a new user >> who has never been exposed to livecode. There were a few gotchas that even >> had me scratching my head a bit. One very important thing when teaching >> newbies, is to scrupulously pay attention to how the instructions actually >> match what the newbie sees on the screen. There were a number of instances >> where I got stuck, but then got by by guessing what was meant. These are >> noted below. >> >> ——— My Notes ———— >> 1. When open the property inspector for the stack, you have to click on >> the property inspector to get the instruction. >> Careful to match instructions with actual labels on IDE. >> (e.g. “Set the Navigation names of” ? There is no listing in the property >> inspector named “Navigation Names”) >> (e.g. Line Thickness. you mean Line size) >> >> 2. It says in several places, to click on the “grey icon”. You mean the >> black icon. >> Clicking the property inspector icon doesn’t always open the property >> inspector. Double clicking on the control does. >> >> 3. I got stuck on setting the contents property of the Label field. >> Whoops, figured it out. >> The “Contents” property is not listed on the property inspector. It is >> called “Styled Text" >> >> 4. I got to where I grouped the header and footer to make it a shared. >> Whoops, the property inspector opened for one of the elements of the group. >> I used the right hand (upper) dropdown menu on the property inspector and >> it looked like there was a listing for a group. I selected that. It worked! >> A newbie probably wouldn’t find it. >> >> 5. Setting up the chart. “Line colors”, the IDE shows “Graph Colors” >> >> 6. Setting "navigation names" doesn’t match the property inspector. >> >> 7. The tutorial refuses to advance once the “Code” button is clicked. The >> window opens, but the instruction pane stays where it was. Whoops, had to >> first click on the footer control. >> >> 8. Last card: It says “Open the property Inspector” . The dropdown menu >> shows “Card Inspector” >> >> 9. Setting up the navigation bar, the tutorial states to put in items as >> “Calculator,Chart,Services”. But, each time a new item is added, a separate >> box is created for the entry. >> >> ——————————————————————————————————— >> >> I hope this helps the dev team. >> Best, >> Bill >> >> William Prothero, Ph.D. >> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >> proth...@earthednet.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
