Font Chooser in MC-IDE 2.9 and 3.0b

[Klaus Major]

Hi Jaqueline and Wilhelm,

> Wilhelm Sanke wrote:
>> <cid:part1.02020207.01020200 at hrz.uni-kassel.de>If the font of a  
>> button is empty and you open the font chooser it displays "none" as  
>> the font name as it should.
>> Then after having chosen a font, e.g. "Arial", nothing is visible  
>> in the "Size" and "Height" fields as a default.
>> Using the scrollbar of the "size" does not display any option, nor  
>> is it possible to type anything into the "size" field.
>> The necessary workaround seems to be - maybe there are more  
>> possibilities - to check the "Bold" button. After checking "bold"  
>> you can now type a value into the "Size" field and then you also  
>> can use the size scrollbar to display other values. Likewise the  
>> "Height" field now contains values.
>> When you have saved the "New Button" and reopen the Font Chooser  
>> "@Arial Unicode MS" is now hilited instead of the originally  
>> selected and saved "Arial".
>> Seems we need an overhaul of the Font Chooser.
>> Sorry to cause extra work for the authors of the Font Chooser, who  
>> have devoted so much of their valuable time to produce a modern IDE.
>
> Good point, this has bothered me for a long time but I've been too  
> busy to look at it. I just tried a simple fix which seems to work,  
> but it needs testing. In the stack script of the Font Chooser, there  
> is a "mouseup" handler. It has a switch structure. If you add the  
> "refresh" command after the switch is done, it seems to work:
>
> on mouseUp
>  if the selobj is empty then
>    exit to MetaCard
>  end if
>  switch the short name of the owner of the target
>    -- SWITCH STUFF HERE
>  end switch
>  refresh -- ADD THIS
> end mouseUp
>
> Does that help?

I will take a look and see what I can do, when I find the time.

> If so, Klaus, can you add it to the next update?

Sure.

Since I did not get any negative response form the beta 3, actually  
NONE at all (hint, hint!)
I will take a look and publish the final IDE 3.0 in the next time.

> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de