I'm late to the game here. I've been buried converting to LC 8 and have not yet tried to figure this one out yet. This is because the margins on mobile (iOS and Android) are still rendering the same as LC 6/7. For me this only affect the IDE as I am not deploying to desktop. In the IDE the margins are very large, like 10-20% on the top and bottom. I don't know about left and right. I noticed the top/bottom margins immediately because I shade every other line and I see only 75% of the lines in a same sized window. If I do any global margin changes it will probably make mobile go sideways. I wanted to report this as a bug this week but after this thread I'm going to have to rethink this. I tried setting the margins in the message box but could not get the text centered in the shaded areas, all I could do is cut off the top or bottom of the text. I could reduce the margins and see 100% of the lines I saw before but the text is jammed to the top or bottom or out of view. Seeing that mobile was OK I was putting this off to a later date. I just can't figure out this one and if I do how will it affect the mobile presentation?
For me this is in the "Riddle me this Batman" territory. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Hawkins Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 7:26 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: conversion of field margins from older version to 8 Among the quiet changes in 8 was a significant change in how field margins are rendered, making many of my cards difficult to read. Is there a simple script that can concert from old to new? I suppose that this came about because the default margins and placement were utterly inconsistent across filed sizes, but now I have thousands of fields to deal with . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ 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
