Embedded objects in fields

[Charles Hartman]

Cool!


On Jul 4, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

>>> WOW - I would love scrolling text fields with pictures!
>>>
>>
>> -- and buttons! (At the moment I'm doing this is a non-scrolling   
>> field inside a scrolling group, but aside from being tedious that   
>> has other disadvantages, such as the scroll-wheel not working right.)
>>
>
> To get scroll wheel support you can put a graphic behind the other  
> objects in the group sized to match the group's formattedHeigh and  
> formattedWidth, then add this to the group script:
>
>
> on rawKeyDown k
>   get the vScroll of me
>   if k = 65308 then -- scroll wheel up
>     set the vScroll of me to (it + 70)
>   else if k = 65309 then -- scroll wheel down
>     set the vScroll of me to (it - 70)
>   else  pass rawKeyDown
> end rawKeyDown
>
>
> I used 70 there because it matched the size of the objects being  
> viewed in my app; you can use any scroll increment that works for  
> your needs.
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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Charles Hartman
Professor of English, Poet in Residence
Connecticut College
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