New RADIOGROUP widget in LC 11

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Paul,

> Am 06.07.2026 um 21:12 schrieb Paul - Livecode via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Well I tried everything I could think of, but nothing seems to work. Also, the Message Watcher doesn’t report any messages from the Radio Group Widget,

thanks for testing, I experienced exactly the same.

> so I think it has to be a bug or just an incomplete widget.

Maybe the mothership will chime in here, if not I will bug report it.

> I tested some other widgets and some show messages, some don’t, but this one needs at least a hiliteChanged or a mouseUp/down message to be of any use.

True!

I made a bug report (or was it a feature request?) a couple of years ago:
<https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24429>

> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Jul 6, 2026, at 09:47, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Nobody knows what message to script here?
>> 
>>> Am 04.07.2026 um 12:49 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> we can get the number and/or name of the selected option in the
>>> new "radio group" widget with this:
>>> ...
>>> put the hilitedindex of widget "Radio Group"
>>> ...
>>> put the hilitedelement of widget "Radio Group"
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Nice, BUT:
>>> I can only "trigger" this via the message box so far!?
>>> A script with this in the widget itself does not work:
>>> on mouseup/-down/etc.
>>> nor 
>>> on selectionchanged 
>>> and the dicionary does not shed any light on this question.
>>> 
>>> So which message is the widget finally getting in the end?
>>> Thanks for any insight! 

Best

Klaus

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