Help troubleshooting IDE Script Editor Window Position

[panagiotis merakos]

Hi all,

This looks like bug http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18363

@Bob
Nice drawings :)

Best,
Panos
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> to get the top of the window, in the message box do:
> put the top of stack "revnewscripteditor 1"
>
> Same of course for bottom, left, right, rect, and loc
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Bob Hall via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to get the location of the IDE Script editor window? I
> need
> > to confirm what I suspect is a bug in 8.1.3 and need the top coordinate
> of
> > the IDE script window to confirm for bug report.
> >
> > I have a multi-monitor setup for my dev machine. One of the monitors is
> > portrait, the other is landscape (iMac 27”). As of 8.1.3 on Mac OS X
> > 10.12.3, the top location of “system” windows (IDE script editor,
> > answer/ask, toolbar as examples) appear to use the smallest value of
> EITHER
> > screen to set the top location of the window and not the top of the
> monitor
> > the window opens on.
> >
> > This results in IDE script editor, answer/ask not being
> accessible/visible
> > as it is off the screen to the top on the Landscape monitor. If the top
> of
> > the portrait monitor is “higher” relatively then the landscape monitor,
> It
> > appears as though the top location of the portrait monitor is used even
> > when the window opens on the landscape monitor. I would like to confirm
> > this behavior thus my question above.
> >
> > I searched for a bug about this and while I’m seeing some that are
> > similar, this I believe is a new one and is actually came from an LC9
> > regression. I’ve seen this same thing in LC9 since DP1 and now it appears
> > in LC 8.1.3 but not 8.1.2 or prior versions.
> >
> > For the curious… I will attempt to show in text graphics how the monitors
> > are oriented.
> >
> > (Screen orientation in System prefs using text — I hope this comes
> through)
> > ______
> > |          |
> > |          |__________
> > |          |                 |
> > |          |                 |
> > |          |__________|
> > |______|
> >
> > I use the portrait display for coding (nice and long with ability to have
> > debugging displayed with lots of room). LC IDE/system windows on the
> > landscape display have the top of the window set using the value from the
> > portrait display (I think) as they display off screen to the top.
> >
> > If I orient the displays in System Preferences as:
> > ______ __________
> > |          |                 |
> > |          |                 |
> > |          |__________|
> > |          |
> > |______|
> >
> > Everything works fine as the top of both monitors is the same. The issue
> > with this is that the monitors are not“oriented to their physical
> relative
> > positions so it's a little frustrating to move the cursor from portrait
> to
> > landscape and back again. Not a big deal but different and kind of a pain
> > compared to prior versions.
> >
> > This behavior started in LC 8.1.3. LC 8.1.2 works perfectly.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Bob
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