That's nice, but text angle should come as standard a field property (in my opinion). There are many use cases for field labels or table headers to sit on an angle for screen space consideration.
~Roger On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Paul Richards via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Not sure if this is of any help, but I came across a course by Livecode > where they guide you through creating a rotating text Widget. > > https://livecode.com/courses/extension-course/ | > https://livecode.com/lessons/rotated-text-widget/ > > You might need to be logged into LC page > > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > Sent: 12 April 2017 16:14 > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Cc: jonathandly...@gmail.com; hh <h...@hyperhh.de> > Subject: Re: AW: vertical text? > > Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :) > > I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:37 AM, hh via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > >> Jonathan L. wrote: > >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind the > >> "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. > > > > Right, but only to a certain degree. > > > > LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the > > javascript of a browser widget. > > > > The very basic widget linked above, for example ... > > ... allows the user to select _any_ textfont on _his_ system or > > available in the stack. > > ... can have everything outside the rotated box transparent. > > > > Both is not doable in a browser widget (and not by _any_ browser). > > _______________________________________________ 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
