Getting a list of object properties + Dictionary question

Paul Hibbert paulhibbert at mac.com
Fri Oct 10 13:25:27 EDT 2014


Bob,

I think you are missing the point of…

> 1. Select the object in left-hand column.

Look at the far left column, the top most word in this column is "All", go down to the "Object" section and click on one object, say "Field" or "Button" then follow point 2 in Jacque's instruction. I'm sure the light will come on!

Paul -- also in BC


On Oct 10, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Earp Robert J. <rjearp99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> They say you learn something new every day Jacque, and in my case/age I think that is because I forget something also!!  The list is a great place to get brain cells talking to each other again, and many thanks for your frequent contributions.
> 
> I'm using LC 6.6.3 on Mavericks and the Dictionary doesn't work as you suggest, it just sorts the contents of the dictionary columns by Type, which does put all the type "properties" together, but not all of the properties for a given object.  
> 
> Klaus's suggestion (put the properties of btn "foo" into tP;put the keys of tP) seems to be the easiest way of getting a list of an objects properties.
> 
> However, whilst fiddling with the preferences for the documentation, I noticed that there was not one entry under the Notes column, plus there was no "btn" synonym for "button" which made me wonder what others were missing, plus the User Contributed Notes seemed very sparse.
> 
> I'm not sure if I stuck it in the correct place, but I have submitted a User Contributed Note in "button" saying "btn" is a synonym of "button", and another in "properties" giving Klaus's suggestion to get a list of an objects properties.  We'll see what happens ;-)
> 
> best, Bob...
> 
> Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia
> 
> 
>> You can see all the properties of any object in the dictionary:
>> 
>> 1. Select the object in left-hand column.
>> 2. Click the "Type" header in the keyword list. That sorts the list by 
>> type, and all the properties will be displayed together.
>> 
>> As an aside, if you want to see information that isn't already shown, 
>> look in Preferences in the Documentation pane. You can set the types of 
>> information you want to display in the dictionary. There are more 
>> choices than just the defaults.
> 
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