Me and target of script widgets

[Alex Tweedly]

Brutal answer :-)

Script widgets aren't ready for release yet. They have (effectivtely) no 
documentation, no examples, no lessons.

Unless you have a desparate need to do it now, I'd suggest waiting until 
they are somewhere near ready.

Alex.

On 22/10/2023 10:41, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote:
> Having my first go at script widgets. It appears that there is either an
> issue (or it is a feature) with script widgets and "me"?
>
> A handler like this:
>
> *on* mouseUp
>
> *## All references are to "inner" controls (ie the target) and not the
> group*
>
> *put* the short id of me into shortID
>
> *put* the long id of the target into sName
>
> *put* the long id of me into myID
>
> *## Have to be explicit with messages*
>
> *-- dispatch "menu_AskEdit" to me -- or the target does not work*
>
> *dispatch* "menu_AskEdit" to this card with myID,shortID
>
> *end* mouseUp
>
> When inside a script only widget shows that would normally pass the long id
> of the control clicked on within the group (script widget) with myID and
> the short ID of the group (script widget) itself in shortID. However both
> the target and me refer to the control and not the group / script widget.
> It seems there is no easy way to find out a reference to "me" in a
> script widget?
>
> I've a lot of scripts that use "me" in behaviors for potential script
> widgets - so looking for a short term and long term solution for this?
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