Which reminds me - the tree view widget should probably use the list form of a path directly instead of fettling with a path delimiter property
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 12:26 AM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Thanks Brian, Bernd, and everyone else. > > When I first saw it (in the form described in Brian's email), I thought > - hmmm, not sure when anyone would use that. > > Then I saw an example using split (as described in Bernd's email), and > thought - maybe I can use that some day. :-) > > Well - the day has come. I realized that the "Tree View" widget has a > property (hilitedElement) which is the "path" through the array of the > highlighted line - and is the ideal use case for this feature. > > And now that I've started using that, I can find *SO* many other uses > for it. > > My "directory walker" produces an array indexed by folder, then filename > - and the values are some useful info about the file; e.g. > tArray[tFolder][tFilename] === the info I want to keep > > I can now put that into a tree view array just by doing > > *repeat* foreachkeyK intAflat* > replace*"/"with"/ "intemp* -- trick names to keep folders before > files > split*temp by"/"* > put*tAflat[K] intotA[temp]* > end* *repeat* > > *set the arrayData of widget "Tree" to tA* > > *Thanks again* > > *Alex. > * > > > On 26/04/2018 23:55, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > > Dick Kriesel to the rescue again! Thanks for that background. > > Comforting to know it's not merely an anomaly, but a well-considered > > design decision. > > > > It's such a cool thing to be able to do. It will change many algos > > here... > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
