Hi Richmond, I think what you are trying to achieve is described in this report:
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18704 As suggested, it is probably better to use a DataGrid in this case. Best, Panos -- On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > One of the ways about knowing what I'm trying to accomplish is to download > the stack and have a look at it. > > Richmond. > > > On 4/2/17 1:59 am, Scott Rossi via use-livecode wrote: > >> Without knowing exactly what you're trying to accomplish, one way is to >> display only a few rows of buttons beyond what will fit comfortably on a >> screen, and when scrolling takes place, "recycle" the rows around to the >> end (or beginning) with new glyphs applied. >> >> Assuming all the characters are from a single font and you're trying to >> display glyphs in an organized fashion, a better way might be to display >> all the glyphs in a field with extra column and row spacing to essentially >> form a grid. This is how I display glyphs from icon fonts, which is more >> efficient than using thousands of controls on a card. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media UX/UI Design >> >> On Apr 1, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> What a nuisance: >>> >>> There I was, merrily churning through the button titles for my Unicode >>> Reference thing >>> [ http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=29069 ] which needed >>> at least 1600 buttons >>> that were 23 pixels deep layered underneath each other. >>> >>> What happens? >>> >>> At the "Magic Number" of 32xxx I get a "this is not a number" message. >>> >>> As a result I ended up restricted to 1400 buttons. >>> >>> This is very bad as the Unicode glyph tables are many, and in an ideal >>> world >>> I'd like 8703 buttons. But 8703 * 23 = 200169 >>> >>> That would involve groupig a "stack" of buttons that was 200169 pixels >>> high. >>> >>> Would be grateful if anyone knows a way to circumvent the limitation. >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
