NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Sep 9 13:43:07 EDT 2022 

It needs to install the dictionary entry and the extension itself, and put 
the reference into the tools palette.

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On September 9, 2022 12:06:29 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Weird. I thought you could just toss it in the extensions folder.
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 10:33 AM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, And after the install you will the widget folder in your "My
>> LiveCode"==>Extensions folder. It will appear the the tool palette and in
>> the inclusions pane of the standalone settings.
>>
>> 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 Brian Milby via use-livecode
>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 9:54 AM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Cc: Brian Milby
>> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>>
>> You have to use the IDE to install widgets.
>> Tools… Extension Manager… + (icon, top right)
>>
>> Brian Milby
>> brian at milby7.com
>>
>> > On Sep 9, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.navr
>> >>>>> ad.2
>> >>>>> .0.0.lce?dl=0
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ralph DiMola
>> >>>>> IT Director
>> >>>>> Evergreen Information Services
>> >>>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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