Behaviors

Thu Aug 24 22:04:04 EDT 2023

I'll admit it's not very intuitive, but:

In Navigator, right-click any button. On the context menu, select Copy >
Objects.
Navigate to any control or card, stack, etc. Bookmarks are fine for this as
well.
Right-click any other control. On the context menu, select Set Copied Btn
as Behavior.

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 7:19 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> polygrid
> the api is similar, but they also have some nice additional features.
> i have ripped all my dg's and replaced them with pg's.
> now, if you're using custom templates, have a look at the pl - polyList.
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 2:12 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ah thanks for that. Yes, I knew how to nest behaviors for datagrids, but
> I never use the Project Browser because of issues I had many years ago. I
> may have another look.
> >
> > What is a “pg”? I make extensive use of Datagrid properties, and
> whatever I might replace them with needs to provide ALL their functionality.
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 24, 2023, at 10:15 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > i'm pretty sure you can set a dg's behavior. then you would set the
> > > behavior of that behavior to the button behavior (button id 1005 of
> > > stack "revDataGridLibrary"), OR you can include THAT script,
> > > separately, set that as the behavior, and modify it
> > > (but, what you should really do is remove your dg's and replace them
> > > with pg's, imho. they're much faster and more flexible and powerful).
> > > the project browser has a button for each behavior in the chain of an
> > > object. i'm pretty sure that levure baker's assistant does, too.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:35 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> > > <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> There is also the Advanced button in the property inspector (looks
> like one large gear with two smaller ones) where you can type the behavior,
> and also has the target icon. Also, you shouldn’t have to do that every
> time. Once should be enough if you save the stack afterwards.
> > >>
> > >> I note that Datagrids have no way to set the behavior, since they
> depend on their default behavior. It was discussed long ago when nested
> behaviors became a thing, that there ought to be a way to edit a list of
> behaviors of an object. In fact it shouldn’t be that difficult to make a
> Behavior Browser widget of some sort. Hmmm...
> > >>
> > >> Bob S
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Aug 23, 2023, at 5:00 PM, Dar Scott via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> I, too, have discovered the target icon to the right of the behavior
> object field in the property inspector. Alas, using that that I see only
> buttons on the current card (and stacks). I don’t see a way to navigate to
> a different card and select a button there. I might have missed it. — Dar
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Aug 22, 2023, at 1:05 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> you probably know this: in the property inspector, there's a panel
> for
> > >>>> behavior, so you can just select the behavior from a menu button,
> > >>>> without having to type it
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 1:37 PM Dar Scott via use-livecode
> > >>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I figured out how to do it in the IDE. I needed to include “of
> stack” in the reference. — Dar
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Aug 22, 2023, at 11:09 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Not sure how it works in the IDE - seems a problem because it
> only presents button in the current stack.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> So I do it all in preOpen... scripts, doing something like
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> set the behavior of fld "F" of grp tmpName to the long id of
> button "RichTextFieldBehaviour" of \
> > >>>>>>>       card "Behaviours" of stack "/Users/alextweedly/Dropbox/My
> Livecode/Libraries/richText.livecode"
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Alex.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 22/08/2023 17:57, Dar Scott via use-livecode wrote:
> > >>>>>>> I am misremembering things about Behaviors.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I have a card with my behavior buttons, but I can’t seem to
> point to buttons on that card. Maybe, I’m remembering what I did long ago
> with front scripts.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I suppose I can use substacks, but I’m worried that the stacks
> would be in the message path. Is there a way to keep the stack out of the
> message path?
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