Question: Scrollable area with multiple choice questions using radio buttons

[Shawn Blc]

That's exactly what I was talking about, perhaps not making myself clear
enough though.  Thank you.


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:

>
> On Apr 24, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Shawn Blc wrote:
>
> > Devin, so using text fields isn't an option huh?  I'll check out DGs.
>
> Sure, using text fields is always an option. It might require a little
> setup and scripting. Data Grids are actually groups composed of many
> objects and scripting that takes care of the housekeeping for you. They are
> very powerful and for some uses can be overkill for what you might need.
>
> If all you want to do is to scroll through a group of fields and radio
> buttons it's not terribly difficult to do, especially if you know in
> advance exactly how many questions you will have. Try this:
>
> Create several fields, one for each quiz question.
>
> Align them top to bottom in a column, with left edges aligned.
>
> Select all of the fields and group them.
>
> Resize the group to so that the bottom few fields are not visible. Now go
> to the group's Size and Position pane in the property inspector and lock
> the group's size.
>
> Go back to the Basic pane and turn on the vertical scrollbar for the group.
>
> Now you have a group of fields that you can scroll through. I think you'll
> see how easy it would be to also add radio buttons to this group, one set
> per field. In this case you'd want to first create groups of a question
> field and radio style answer buttons, group each question set, then clone
> the group to create other questions. Finally, group the question groups
> into a larger group that you can scroll as described above.
>
> I hope I'm not being either too basic or assuming too much about how much
> you know about LiveCode. Anyway, give it a try.
>
> Devin
>
>
> Devin Asay
> Office of Digital Humanities
> Brigham Young University
>
>
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