A modest proposal for a new property

[Mike Bonner]

As far as the pie charts go.. A workaround is to create the required ovals
one at a time and import an image from each, then stack THOSE up.

Or alternatively use the ovals, stack them, group them, and have a list of
background colors used in each, and then in the group mouseup handler use
the mousecolor to determine what/where was clicked.  To be able to hit an
area that has no oval color would require one more hoop to be jumped
through.  Place a full oval matching background color behind the pie
segments that can catch a click in the "empty" location (still using the
mousecolor)

Which makes me think, how about a new object.  An oval with definable color
arcs.  0 to 85 blue, 85 to 270 red, 270 onward green.   (or an innocuous
grey meaning no data defined for that chunk)  Then one could still check
the mousecolor to determine a clicks result.  The negative of this method
is that one couldn't explode the pie chart.

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via
use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> marvelous, very important thread…in mobile, it's all about the touch msg…
>
> yes "all of the above" the enhancement request to allow margins for
> widgets stands as still useful but plays directly into the other scenarios
> described here.  And though separate "desires," they do over lap
>
> e.g. As it is now, the entire rect of an SVG widget is it's hit box.
> Hence the request for margins… which is "it's own solution"
>
> But then, this:
>
> "When they're stacked on top of each other the transparent part of the
> rect is still the object under the cursor, and so obscures what's
> underneath."
>
> Having SVG on top of a graphic or vice-versa is, will be, a common use
> case, which is yet another scenario.
>
> you may *not* want the mouse event  to pass through the "transparent"
> area. to objects below, objects below being "eye-candy" (gradient
> backgrounds etc.)
>
> How Mark will provide a solution for "all of the above" will be
> interesting to see.
>
>
> Richard wrote:
>
>     And where an SVG widget needs a clickable region larger than its
> bounds,
>     the SVG widget would need to be enhanced to provide that.
>
>     All of these are practical desires, but each has its own solution.
>
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