NVM I figured it out. I had in the past, to avoid having a see through menu button, set the showName of the button to false in a populateForm handler.
Bob S > On Jun 8, 2018, at 15:08 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Sorry Iwas working on something else. > > I may not have explained it well. I have a Pulldown Menu with these options: > > Device Installation > Device Relocation > Firmware Update > Onsite Service > Remote Service > Software Installation > Other... > > When no datagrid record is selected, I set the label of this menu to empty, > because it is both a display object for the selected record in the datagrid, > as well as an input object when editing the data. > > Now the handler which "populates" the form will set the label to the value in > the datagrid record corresponding to it. But when the user clicks the New > button on the form, all the input objects/controls are initialized, and in > the past I simply set the label of this button to empty. But now instead of > leaving the object empty, I want to pre-populate it with the text, "Select > the service type..." as a visula clue for the user. > > When I set the label of the button to "Select the service type...", instead > of displaying that text, it displays nothing, but in the property inspector, > the label is actually set properly. Other menu buttons seem to work, and I > thought this worked in the past, but now it seems not to. > > I will throw a demo together later. I have to get a new employee and computer > set up in AD before Monday Morning and I am running out of time. Thanks > though for your interest and help. Best list ever! > > Bob S > > >> On Jun 8, 2018, at 14:10 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >>> I have noticed that if you set the text of a menu button without >>> setting the label, the label becomes the first line in the text. >>> It may only do this on a Mac though. >> >> If you haven't set the label, what exactly appears in that first line in the >> text? >> >> If you find a step-by-step recipe I'd be happy to try it here. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
