IDE versus MSG Box - Field Tabstops

[Richard Gaskin]

Alejandro wrote:
> Looks like the IDE expects that Tab Stops
> are written like this:
> 250,330,340,420,500,580,590,600,610,660
> not like this:
> 250,80,10,80,80,80,10,10,10,50
>
> If this is the correct way to write Tab stops
> in the IDE, then I expect an error message
> but not that the application hangs and crash.
>
> Try by yourself (with no other stack opened)
> In a new stack, create a text field and
> using the properties palette, set the Tab stops
> to: 250,80,10,80,80,80,10,10,10,50
>
> Tell us if your IDE does not hangs and crash.

FWIW, LC recently introduced a new property, the tabWidths, which will 
accept those values.

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