Livecode Builder Widgets: basic question

[david.bovill at gmail.com]

OK  - but widgets that scale as you stretch them (as do all the widgets I create in LiveCode) need to dynamicaly resize by script and that is done in the OnPaint() handler?



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On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
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> On 2015-05-10 09:04, David Bovill wrote:
>> What considerations do I have when creating a widget in Livecode 
>> Builder
>> for cross-platform use? Do they look the same on all platforms? Any 
>> gotchas?
> Currently, they look the same on all platforms.
> There are two main "gotchas":
> 1) Don't try to do very much in OnCreate() other than basic 
> initialisation of the widget.
> 2) Do as little as possible in OnPaint() (for example, avoid computing 
> the sizes that things need to be).  Any work done in OnPaint() slows 
> down the rendering of the whole app.  The fewer computations you do in 
> OnPaint(), the snappier your widget will feel!
>                                    Peter
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> Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
> LiveCode Engine Development Team
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