Changing text properties in a field via the IDE

[Devin Asay]

Graham,

If you click the lock icon on the property inspector while you’re in edit mode, the PI for that object will remain open when you switch back to run mode. 

Hope this helps.

Devin

> On May 19, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, I am happy to be wrong, so I repeated exactly what you did, of course using my own bit of styled text. It didn’t work - partly because I can only select the text in the field itself in ‘run’ mode, but I can only see the Inspector in ‘edit’ mode. When I switch between the two modes, I can’t do your (5), because I can’t select the text in the pane as you suggest.
> 
> I am sorry to be dumb - I expect you’re right, but it really doesn’t work for me.
> 
> Graham
> 
> 
>> On 19 May 2020, at 19:53, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Graham Samuel wrote:
>> 
>>> To an ordinary LC developer, if you can change the properties of the
>>> initial text (to a different size for example) without overtly
>>> selecting it, then the same behaviour can be expected from the IDE
>>> when trying to change text you’ve pasted in. It may or may not be
>>> styled, but the confusing part is that selecting the text in the
>>> Object Inspector has no effect...
>> 
>> I just tried this recipe:
>> 
>> 1. Paste styled text into a field
>> 2. Choose pointer tool
>> 3. Double-click the field to open the Inspector
>> 4. In the Inspector, navigate to the Text pane
>> 5. In that pane, select text, then type Ctrl-B
>> 
>> RESULT: Both the styled text in the Inspector and the styled text in the field being inspected updates the contents to show the portion I'd changed to bold.
>> 
>> Is that not working there?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Systems
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Devin Asay
Director
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University