scaleFactor in LiveCode 6.6 (dp1)

[Scott Rossi]

I've been looking for a way to accomplish zooming into (what are
essentially) flow charts, and the scaleFactor property is making this
possible.  The currently behavior is is wonky (need a way to keep the
window dimensions stable while the scaling takes place) but it's working
and shows the potential of doing things like a scalable drawing canvas
like you'd find in any most pro graphics app.  I imagine pinch to zoom
could work in some cases on mobile.

The biggest restriction in all this is that *everything* in a stack is
scaled.  It would be great if there was a way to keep some elements
not-scaled.  Think of the zoom control in Google maps that stays fixed in
size while the map contents are scaled.  You can accomplish this on
desktop by using a separate stack for the controls, but on mobile where
only one stack is visible at a time, I believe you'd have to reverse scale
a zoom control and position it while the other stack contents are scaled.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 2/26/14 8:18 AM, "Dave Kilroy" <dave at applicationinsight.com> wrote:

>Is anyone else making use of scaleFactor?
>
>I'm going to be able to use it in an upcoming piece of work for Windows
>where an app with a complex GUI will be displayed on a range of
>differently
>sized screens - and it will save me from hours of fiddly work - I love it!
>
>It's still not completely 'cooked' as a functionality (locating a stack
>with
>scaleFactor applied could be a bit smoother) but I'm sure it will
>improve...
>
>scaleFactor is definitely my favourite part of 6.6 - but who knows, maybe
>in
>time I'll learn to love 'assert' too
>
>Kind regards
>
>Dave
>
>
>
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