Marty, Thanks, that seems to be a good idea. I don’t have option menus, and I could reset the window position after the scaling.
Peter > On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Marty Knapp via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > I was faced with the same issue and for me I ended up adding a "View" menu to > the menubar with user selectable sizes. Since scaleFactor was not really > meant to be used this way there are some drawbacks, the main one being that > the window will move on screen. It will not grow/shrink from the top-left > corner. I've also run into an issue with option menus. If you have more items > than fit and therefor require the menu items to scroll, it won't work - it > only works reliably at 100% > > Marty >> Hi, >> >> I’m needing to allow the user resize a stack window using scaleFactor and am >> needing advice about interface. >> >> First of all, I see that some Livecoders are using scripts to scale controls >> and text when the user drags the stack size larger or smaller. In my case, >> there are too many controls and text layout is too sensitive, and I really >> don’t need the improvement in resolution to use that method. In my case: >> 1. Default size is good for most people >> 2. Some have 12” laptops that make the window just a tad too large to fit >> 3. Some have larger screens whereby they might want to expand the window to >> fill more space >> >> For the too-small issue, I can automatically scale the window at start up. >> However, how do I present the choice to the user to manually make the window >> larger/smaller? >> >> Clicking on the zoom box resizes the window, not scales it—no good. Is there >> a message that can be intercepted to scale instead of zoom? >> >> Do I otherwise (working with the stack with size locked) add drag controls >> to the edges of the window that scales when dragged? Does anyone have >> scripts for that? >> >> Or should this be some kind of preference item? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peter Bogdanoff >> ArtsInteractive >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
