Hierarchical Menus

[Ken Ray]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:39:39 -0800, Stephen Barncard wrote:

> The best way to make the actual controls you really need is to make 
> them from scratch -- then they can do anything you want. And it's not 
> as hard as you might think. All a combobox is - is a popupMenu 
> coupled with a field in a group and some logic.
> 
> I ran into the same stumbling block a couple of years ago, just 
> before the last Revcon (I miss you guys) and then attended a 
> performance by the amazing Ken Ray, who showed how to 'think out of 
> the box' when it comes to making controls.   

Thanks for the kind words, Stephen! In fact I ran into the same issue 
and merged a field with an option button in a group and made my own 
"combobox"... lets me put checkboxes next to items, full formatting on 
the field, etc.

> I wish you could see his 
> demonstration online - he's probably saving it and more for the 
> upcoming conference in Las Vegas. 

I may end up doing a voiceover and putting it up on my site; as to Las 
Vegas, you'll have to just wait and see... ;-)

> I was quite inspired to come up 
> with my own solution, even before I left the conference that week!
> 
> http://houseofcubes.com/rev/multiBOX.png
> 
> my only graphics, the button, is just a screenshot of the combobox 
> button and stretched out and a round rectangle and the rest are stock 
> fields, and an invisible button.
> there are three of these, side by side, in the application.

Nicely done, Stephen!


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/