THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

[J. Landman Gay]

The screenloc is the center of the screen, not the center of the working 
area or content. The screenloc will never change on the same display, 
regardless of the content displayed on it.

What I think is being discussed is the loc of the card. This will change on 
desktop monitors if the stack size is changed. On mobile the card size is 
basically fixed most of the time and so the loc will also be a fixed 
coordinate.

Probably what's being asked for is a "working content center loc" function, 
but since it's so trivial to implement I don't see it as a high priority 
myself.

--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On June 4, 2018 12:19:29 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I agree. The effective and/or working key word should also be modifiers for
> the screenLoc function.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
> Of Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 12:08 PM
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Cc: Paul Dupuis
> Subject: Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc
>
> Yes, that is why I said (read below) that if others did not think there
> should be an effective and/or working key word for the screenLoc function, I
> would roll my own based on the screenRect function. I was asking whether
> other think the screenLoc function should or should not have these keywords.
>
>
> On 6/4/2018 11:55 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>> Seems like you could subtract item 1 from item 3 and item 2 from item 4 of
> the effective screenRect to get what you need.
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 4, 2018, at 08:08 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I posted the question below and got no responses so I thought I would
>>> try again.
>>>
>>> I noticed that screenLoc has no effective or working keywords
>>> associated with it in LC9 or earlier. It seems to me that it should
>>> and that if it has been done for the screenRect(s), it should be a
>>> small enhancement to add them to the screenLoc
>>>
>>> Do others agree? If so I will submit and enhancement entry to the
>>> quality center. if not, I'll drop this discussion thread and roll my
>>> own function based on the screenRect function.
>>
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