NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

[Mike Kerner]

Throwing NavRAD into my extensions folder doesn't seem to install it. I
wonder why.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:19 PM Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
wrote:

> by the way, isn't it crazy how much overhead is required with lcb widgets?
> there is so...much...stuff you have to put on top just to get to the heart
> of the thing.
> and i'm never going to like the way lc embeds the comments in the source
> of anything.
> or the way they spell "favourites", or pronounce "Aluminum". Do you see an
> extra "i" in there? No? It's invisible, that's why.
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> I think the user is going to need to code the width adjustment in the
>> resizeStack handler.  Widgets can’t change their rect on their own.  It has
>> to happen from the LCS side.
>>
>> Brian Milby
>> brian at milby7.com
>>
>> > On Sep 6, 2022, at 3:29 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Mike,
>> >
>> > For future reference the source is in the .lce file. The .lce is in zip
>> format. Temporarily change the extension to .zip. You will see the lcb file
>> in there. Also when you install it the source will be in the extension
>> folder. But since I posted .lce I have put in comments starting with "RAD
>> Change" to show where I have made changes. Here is the link to the updated
>> source==>https://www.dropbox.com/s/bv930usovpruo5e/navrad.lcb?dl=0
>> >
>> > Thanks for taking a look!
>> >
>> > Also I found that after I updated the docs that the docs are generated
>> from the lcb file. I re-built the widget and boom my doc changes were
>> destroyed. No problem I just had redo the docs for my changes in the lcb
>> file. So many unknowns. I am trying to find a way to resize it to the card
>> width with a user setting for height percent of card width. But the docs
>> are so scant and confusing I feel the giant headache coming on again.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ralph DiMola
>> > IT Director
>> > Evergreen Information Services
>> > rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
>> Behalf Of Mike Kerner via use-livecode
>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 3:00 PM
>> > To: How to use LiveCode
>> > Cc: Mike Kerner
>> > Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>> >
>> > Ralph,
>> > got the source, somewhere? i'd like to learn from it.
>> > testing to begin...now.
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 1:32 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I took a major stab at LCB and created a new widget based on the
>> >> navbar widget. I have made 2 changes to the navbar and call it navrad.
>> >> It does not modify the stock navbar. With almost no docs it was a
>> >> challenge. There were so many unknowns I got a few giant headaches. It
>> >> adds 4 new properties(iconFill,autoRADHilite,preHilitedItem,
>> >> preHilitedItemName) and 1 new message(preHiliteChanged). I updated the
>> >> documentation so the new properties and message show in the dictionary
>> >> with example(search for "navrad" or just "rad").
>> >> One thing I ran into was that I had to call the "autohilite" property
>> >> autoRADHilite because using any existing property causes a confilict
>> >> that I could not get around without sufficient docs. It does show in
>> >> the property inspector as "auto hilite". These changes allow
>> >> 1)enlarge/center the icon if there is no label 2)intercept a selection
>> >> before it is hilited and make a choice to hilite and send the stock
>> >> hiliteChanged message (or not). Why no label? For one social media
>> icons don’t need labels. Why a pre message?
>> >> Someone suggested it and I thought it was a great idea. Backwards
>> >> compatible with existing navbar LCS code. The was an auto sizing to
>> >> card width request. I will look to see if I can do it without more
>> docs(or help).
>> >>
>> >> If anyone would like to try it and find any bugs it's at ==>
>> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/51zm4m8dip49jov/com.livecode.widget.navrad.2
>> >> .0.0.lce?dl=0
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ralph DiMola
>> >> IT Director
>> >> Evergreen Information Services
>> >> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> >>
>> >>
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> On the second day, God created the oceans.
> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
>    and did a little diving.
> And God said, "This is good."
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."