Standardize Font Appearance

Bob Sneidar bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
Fri Sep 2 22:32:01 EDT 2022


Should read, drops the object on the card…

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> On Sep 2, 2022, at 19:31, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> 
> Imagine right-clicking on the card, getting. Menu, field, button, grid, widget. Next level, named instance of a predefined class. Code drops the field then registers the object with the class object. Now the class object knows which objects to modify. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 2, 2022, at 19:27, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Like any other OOP system. By providing a way to instance an object from the class, and then modify the parameters if necessary. Not saying it wouldn’t take code. But the code would not be difficult to implement. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>>> On Sep 2, 2022, at 19:13, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> See, this is the exact reason why I would love to be able to employ
>>>>> an OOP style system. Simply changing the font, size and style of a
>>>>> few "Master Class" objects could change the entire project's look
>>>>> and feel in a matter of a second or two. As it is, it took me almost
>>>>> an entire day futzing around with fonts I liked, and then going to
>>>>> each and every object and making the changes there. Now I see
>>>>> immediately other font and style combinations I really like! Am I
>>>>> going to spend another day? Hell to the no! See just changing a font
>>>>> might not be enough. Often the size and lineheight have to be changed
>>>>> at the same time to get it to look proper.
>>> 
>>> How does this proposed system know which objects are bound to a style defined elsewhere and which ones aren't?
>>> 
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