Initializing the segmented control

William Prothero waprothero at gmail.com
Mon Apr 17 22:51:51 EDT 2017


Ok, got it!
set the hilitedItemNames of widget "timerNav" to "timer"

“timer” is one of the itemNames.

I guess it just needed for me to take a dinner break.
Best,
Bill

> On Apr 17, 2017, at 7:45 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Mike:
> thanks. I’ve been trying to avoid getting into the widget modification part of livecode. I just figured there must be an easy way to initialize the widget’s selection. I did look at the dictionary API entry and it doesn’t tell me anything about how I would code an initialization to a particular hilight.
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 5:57 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Go into the API, then in the picker on the top left, pick "Segmented
>> Control".  There is one message and a bunch of properties.
>> Also, if you get stuck, some time, all the widgets have their source
>> available, and since they're written with LCB, it's pretty easy to read
>> (the documentation for each is at the beginning).  On git pick the LC
>> repo, then drill down to extensions->widgets.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:25 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Folks:
>>> 
>>> I’ve tried the obvious, but::
>>> How do I initialize the segmented control?
>>> 
>>> I’ve tried: there are 3 items named analysis,valveSel,timer
>>> set the hilited of control "timerNav" of this cd to “ timer”
>>> 
>>> set the hilitedItems of widget "timerNav" to "timer"
>>> 
>>> set the hilited of widget "timerNav" to "timer"
>>> 
>>> It oughta be easier!
>>> 
>>> What is the proper syntax?
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> William A. Prothero
>>> http://earthlearningsolution.org/
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