Card colo(u)rs

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks for mentioning lcStackbrowser Paul, had been trying to figure out
how to bring it up in this thread but now that it's out there....

lcStackbrowser provides a way to see and edit all of any objects built-in
or custom properties in an expandable list within it's main display.  You
can group properties together in a way that makes sense for the way you
work rather than relying on the Inspector palette's groupings, and you can
choose to include or exclude any properties you want.

In addition, a right click on an object will give you the ability to toggle
any of its true/false properties.  Key board shortcuts provide a way to
quickly set properties like name, label, and text.




On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:23 AM Paul Hibbert <paul at livecode.org> wrote:

> I totally agree.
>
> I can't see the behaviour described in any version of LC, unless, I make
> the mistake of setting the Stack Background Colour when I think I'm setting
> the Card Background Colour due to the Inspector Palette switching over to
> the Stack Inspector as soon as I create a new card.
>
> If anything, I’d say the ‘Bug’ is, "Unexpected behaviour of the Inspector
> Palette” as there is no reason AFAICS for the Inspector Palette to change
> in this way.
>
> I also think this isn’t the only scenario where the Inspector Palette
> changes unexpectedly, but I’ve become so used to checking it before setting
> it that I can’t think of the other scenarios right now, it’s one of those
> things that I just put down to LC’s behaviour and my expectations not being
> in sync and another reason to use tools like lcStackBrowser.
>
> Paul
>
> > On Jun 29, 2015, at 06:33, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Peter W A Wood wrote:
> >
> > >> On 29 Jun 2015, at 07:27, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> > >>
> > >> If they're taking bug reports on that early build it may be
> > >> worth reporting.
> > >
> > > LiveCode are accepting and actioning bug reports on LiveCode 8.0 DP 2
> > >
> > >> Can you reproduce it in the current version?
> > >
> > > Yes
> > >
> > >> If so, how?
> > >
> > > 1. Open a new main stack
> > > 2. Open the card inspector (card 1)
> > > 3. Select the background fill
> > > 4. Choose a colour (colour 1)
> > > 5. Add a new card to the stack (card 2)
> > > 6. Set the background fill to a different colour (colour 2)
> > > 7. Add a new card to the stack (card 3)
> > > 8. Set the background fill to a different colour (colour 3)
> > > 9. Go to card 2, the background fill will now be colour 3 instead
> > >    of colour 2
> >
> > This recipe doesn't work for me.
> >
> > When I try this here there's an extra step required that's not listed:
> >
> > 5a. When creating a new card the Inspector will change its context from
> >    the old card that's no longer visible to the stack, so I need to
> >    double-click in the current (new) card to change the Inspector's
> >    context to that card so I can change that card's color.
> >
> > This was described in my original reply to this thread:
> > <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2015-June/215845.html>
> >
> > Where I'd asked about this, Richmond originally answered:
> >
> >  > Are you sure you were setting that property for the card and not
> >  > the stack?
> >
> >  Yup.
> >
> >
> > But this morning when Alan noted the same thing, Richmond wrote:
> >
> >   > The only comment I’d say is to be aware that the inspector
> >   > changes back to the stack inspector after adding a new card,
> >   > so be careful to open the card inspector each time. No doubt
> >   > you all did this already…
> >
> >   Hmm . . .
> >
> >   I think you've got me there.
> >
> >
> > This can be verified by running the recipe as shown above and noting
> whether the stack - and not the second (new) card - has the color that was
> intended for that card.
> >
> > This can also be verified with the adage:
> >
> > Know the engine
> > Trust the engine
> > Use the engine
> >
> > Whenever there's any doubt about a possible bug which may be in the
> engine or in the IDE, it helps to double-check what the engine's doing by
> writing a simple scripts to do the same thing without using the IDE.
> >
> > Here a test case might be:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >   set the backgroundColor of cd 1 to blue
> >   create cd
> >   set the backgroundColor of cd 2 to red
> >   create cd
> >   set the backgroundColor of cd 3 to yellow
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > With Richmond's apparent confirmation in reply to Alan, at the moment it
> seems we have no recipe which reproduces this.
> >
> > If you find one please file a report.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Gaskin
> > Fourth World Systems
> > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
> > ____________________________________________________________________
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> >
> >
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> Regards,
>
> Paul Hibbert
> paul at livecode.org
>
>
>
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