Trying to use the Segmented Control

[ELS Prothero]

Brian and Ralph,
Thanks. I gave up because there are easier, more obvious ways to do what I want. Several posts have mentioned shortcomings in the segmented control widget and I think if it would respond to mousedown and mouseup messages, it would be easier to use in more situations, as well. It could use an upgrade, in my humble opinion!

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Nov 28, 2020, at 3:52 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> The widget isn’t impacted by lock messages.  I have used it in the past to switch cards and just checked for the current card to avoid the loop.  That doesn’t sound like it would work here.  You could use a script local flag though.  Set sNoAction to true before changing the hilight; in your hiliteChanged handler exit if sNoAction is true (but probably reset the flag before exiting).
> 
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>> On Nov 28, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Put an lock/unlock messages around your code to keep from getting a message when you are doing those type of changes.
>> 
>> Ralph DiMola
>> IT Director
>> Evergreen Information Services
>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of prothero--- via use-livecode
>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 5:32 PM
>> To: JJS via use-livecode
>> Cc: prothero at earthlearningsolutions.org
>> Subject: Trying to use the Segmented Control
>> 
>> Folks:
>> I’m trying to use the segmented control and a navigation button on a card. Its purpose is to go to various location in my app. The only message it seems to respond to is hiliteChanged. But when I then try to set the hilites to empty (so no segments are hilited), it triggers another hiliteChanged message. This makes it a real pain to use for what I want. 
>> 
>> I see there have been numerous discussions about this control. It’s been a time-waster for me.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> William A. Prothero
>> Santa Barbara, CA. 93105
>> http://earthlearningsolutions.org/
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