AW: vertical text?

[Roger Eller]

That's nice, but text angle should come as standard a field property (in my
opinion).  There are many use cases for field labels or table headers to
sit on an angle for screen space consideration.

~Roger


On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Paul Richards via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Not sure if this is of any help, but I came across a course by Livecode
> where they guide you through creating a rotating text Widget.
>
> https://livecode.com/courses/extension-course/  |
> https://livecode.com/lessons/rotated-text-widget/
>
> You might need to be logged into LC page
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
> Sent: 12 April 2017 16:14
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: jonathandlynch at gmail.com; hh <hh at hyperhh.de>
> Subject: Re: AW: vertical text?
>
> Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :)
>
> I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:37 AM, hh via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> >> Jonathan L. wrote:
> >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind the
> >> "always on top" aspect of browser widgets.
> >
> > Right, but only to a certain degree.
> >
> > LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the
> > javascript of a browser widget.
> >
> > The very basic widget linked above, for example ...
> > ... allows the user to select _any_ textfont on _his_ system or
> > available in the stack.
> > ... can have everything outside the rotated box transparent.
> >
> > Both is not doable in a browser widget (and not by _any_ browser).
>
>