Widget properties

[Bob Sneidar]

Poor Widget. The bastard child of Livecode objects. <snif> ;-P

Bob S


> On Apr 6, 2022, at 16:39 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Monte Goulding wrote:
> 
> > ...there has never been any intention of supporting the properties
> > for widgets as far as I’m aware...
> 
> If the company wants widgets to be seen as first-class citizens, a little more conformity with existing object syntax would go a long way to making that happen.
> 
> It's possible for the engine to derive a set of widget properties. If it's not also possible to map that into how "the properties" works that would be very enlightening.
> 
> 
> FWIW I've had requests to update my 4W Property Sheet tool to special-case for widgets. I tell people I'll take widgets seriously when the company does, and if they do I won't need to update my tool because the existing call to "the properties" that works for everything else will work for widgets.
> 
> Maybe I've been overestimating the importance of widgets to LC Ltd. Guidance welcome.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web