Widget Properties

[J. Landman Gay]

Don't despair, not all widgets are duds. I've used several with good 
success: the browser widget, spinner, tree view, switch button, nav bar, 
segmented control and probably some others I can't remember. Since each 
widget is authored by an individual, the properties they support vary but 
like any software, feature requests are considered.

In my case I usually can't wait for a specific feature so I use LC controls 
or groups that emulate the control I need. In my last project I created a 
navigation bar with LC controls but it was recently updated to support a 
feature I needed and now I'm using it again.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On April 25, 2020 9:19:00 AM Graham Samuel via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jacque
>
> You’re adding to my gloom about widgets being offered as native controls - 
> the only reason they were produced AFAIKS was to produce a superior result 
> to whatever else was on offer, and if they don’t, why bother? I have a 
> feeling not many people are trying to use them - you don’t for example, and 
> so far nobody on this list has come to their defence. Perhaps LC’s widget 
> factory is right to put their energies elsewhere.
>
> Graham
>
>> On 25 Apr 2020, at 00:03, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> My suggestion was just to see what properties are available in the widget. 
>> But when I just tried it, I see that it doesn't respond in the IDE, what 
>> you see is just a placeholder. You can search for "ios native button" in 
>> the dictionary, where I see only two available properties: enabled and label.
>>
>> If the widget author doesn't support the rest of them, they don't exist. I 
>> do see that you can resize the rectangle, but since I don't use the native 
>> buttons I'm not sure if the size will be retained on an iPhone or whether 
>> it just defaults to the standard native size.
>>
>> Typically only the properties that the author has supported will appear in 
>> the property inspector.
>>
>>
>> On 4/24/20 3:35 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Thanks Jacque - info safely stored in my “how to make a mobile app look 
>>> like one” archive!
>>> Thanks for the other info about properties - how would you then refer to a 
>>> property that isn’t shown in the Property Inspector for a widget, such as 
>>> fontColor (or whatever)? I assume the array is just a way of accessing the 
>>> whole collection and not the route to setting an individual property - but 
>>> I’m probably wrong.
>>> Graham
>>>> On 24 Apr 2020, at 20:26, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 4/24/20 3:37 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>> As my app took shape, I noticed how unlike a typical iPhone app it looked, 
>>>>> mostly because I was using the controls I was familiar with, such as radio 
>>>>> buttons and ordinary fields. I wondered if my users might find its 
>>>>> interface unfamiliar. Therefore I have been seeking to make my app’s user 
>>>>> interface look and feel more like other iPhone apps. I have already had a 
>>>>> lot of help from this list, but it seems there is no one packaged solution 
>>>>> to getting an ‘iPhone look and feel’.
>>>>
>>>> You mentioned the iOS native button doesn't look right. If it makes you 
>>>> feel better, the Android one doesn't either. So what I did was use a 
>>>> round-rect graphic as a button. Set the linesize to 1 and the round radius 
>>>> to 8. You can set the border color and the text color.
>>>>
>>>> I use the same graphic for Android. Sometimes Android buttons have a fill 
>>>> color, sometimes they are just borderless text. I adjust those properties 
>>>> based on platform. IOS buttons use sentence capitalization, Android buttons 
>>>> use all-caps. The label can be adjusted the same way based on platform.
>>>>
>>>> It's an easy fix and looks native.
>>>>
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>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>
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>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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