Help with Header Widget

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Thu May 12 17:08:38 EDT 2016


Hmm, Peter, that might also be an interesting blog post...

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <
brahma at hindu.org> wrote:

> >The header widget either shows icons or text, so there isn't an option
> >to show both!
>
>
> ?? But what about this:
> <  Back  # text and icon appear together, side-by-side
>
> so I thought it should be easy to do→ I did read through the widget code…
> seemed like an extraordinary effort… for a small group… and with my lack of
> training, I could not even spot how you got the back icon and text to show
> together.
>
> For now I will switch to a simple group, and be done and wait for a use
> case where a widget will really be more appropriate.
>
> Svasti Astu, Be Well
> Brahmanathaswami
> www.himalayanacademy.com
>
>
> On 5/12/16, 12:10 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Peter TB Brett" <
> use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
> peter.brett at livecode.com> wrote:
>
> >On 12/05/2016 03:53, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
> >> 1)    Drag out header widget
> >>
> >> 2)    From inside the property inspector.. how do I get the “add”
> button on the right to also show it’s label to the left of the icon?
> >
> >Hi Brahmanathaswami,
> >
> >The header widget either shows icons or text, so there isn't an option
> >to show both!
> >
> >I don't think we are planning to change that at the moment because
> >getting the layout "right" is extremely difficult when you show both,
> >but you could easily create your own widget based on the header widget
> >that lays things out the way you want them.
> >
> >                                               Peter
> >
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