align field scrolls

[Nicolas Cueto]

> Provided both fields have the same number of lines...


​I should've added that the fields do not contain the same number of
lines.  They are identical, though, in size and text properties.

Thanks, Paul.

--
Nicolas Cueto


On 6 March 2017 at 11:26, Paul Hibbert via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I have a stack that does a similar thing, but with numbers and I just use
> the following script in the main field;
>
> on scrollBarDrag pScroll
>    set the vScroll of fld  “lineNumbers" to pScroll
>
> end scrollBarDrag
>
> Provided both fields have the same number of lines and the text properties
> are identical they should stay aligned correctly.
>
> Or a simpler version would be;
> set the vScroll of fld 2 to the vScroll of fld 1
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> > On Mar 5, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Nicolas Cueto via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > The part I've got working...
> >
> > Two clickable scrolling fields (fld1, fld2), same height and width.
> Click a
> > fld1 line and fld2 SCROLLs and HILITEDLINEs to visually reveal a matching
> > line. (fld1 is French text, fld2 is an English gloss.)
> >
> > The part I would welcome your help with...
> >
> > If, say, the hilited line on fld1 is kinda halfway down, how do I get the
> > hilited line on fld2 to also be kinda halfway down?
> >
> > Here's my scrolling-magic script:
> >
> >  set the scroll of fld2 to (tMatchingLineNr - 1) * \
> >    the textHeight of fld2 - the textHeight of fld2
> >  set the hilitedline of fld2 to tMatchingLineNr
> >
> > Of course, this ends up with the hilited line of fld2 being at the top.
> > How do I get it to scroll just that little bit more so that it aligns
> with
> > the hilited line as seen in fld1?
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > --
> > Nicolas Cueto
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