drawer question

[Scott Morrow]

Mark,
I feel your pain... drawers can be a frustration. Did I mention that  
they stopped working below OSX 10.4  after rev 2.6.1    :  )

Several experienced folks on this list suggest that in many cases it  
might be wiser to resize the window (see: revChangeWindowSize) with  
some graphics added in order to simulate a drawer.  (This works quite  
well as long as the drawer is on the bottom or the right.)And while  
this is of course necessary for achieving a universally similar  
effect across platforms, it seems unfortunate to lose such an  
elegant  "native" solution in OSX.

-Scott

On Aug 11, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Mark Swindell wrote:

> Scott,
> Thanks, "IN" did the trick.  The docs show either "of" or "in" as  
> possibilities, now that I look closer, but "of" doesn't work in my  
> case.  Hopefully that will be corrected in a future edit.  Also odd  
> is the fact that the command ran, but improperly, showing the  
> drawer connected to the wrong window, and on the wrong side of the  
> window.
> Mark
>
> Syntax:
> drawer stack {[at] left | bottom | right} [{of | in} parentStack]  
> [aligned [to] {left | right | top | bottom | center}]
>
> Summary:
> Displays a stack as a drawer of another stack.
>
> Examples:
> drawer stack "Recent Transactions" at right
> drawer stack "Tips" at left of stack "Main" aligned to top
> drawer me at bottom aligned to left
> drawer stack "Help List" at right of this stack
> drawer stack "Connections" at right aligned to center
>
> On Aug 11, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Scott Morrow wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Try using the word "in" rather than "of"
>>
>> drawer stack "AnimalList" at right in stack "IGI"
>>
>> (note: drawers are broken in 2.8.1 if you run on OSX versions  
>> before 10.4)
>>
>> -Scott Morrow
>>
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>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Mark Swindell wrote:
>>
>>> I want a drawer stack to appear to the right of my main stack, IGI.
>>>
>>> Main Stack = IGI
>>> Substack = Guess
>>> Substack = AnimalList
>>>
>>> Script of button on substack "Guess" reads:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   drawer stack "Animallist" at right of stack "IGI"
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> But:
>>> The drawer stack only slides out of the substack "Guess," not the  
>>> main stack "IGI" (and on the left, I might add).
>>>
>>> What is wrong with my command?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark
>>> OS X 10.4
>>> Rev 2.8.1
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