I have a tough design problem for MC:
I have two stacks, one displaying text which the user can select, and
another containing a list field of options which can be applied to that
text.
Problem: When I click in the list field of the palette, the text selection
in the field on the main window goes away.
Solution: Darned if I know.
I've tried all manner of kludgy workarounds, to no avail. I've tried
various means of storing my own faux "selection" by changing the background
color, but alas the background color doesn't affect the same region as a
selection, so the effect is lost. And keep tracking of a faux selection is
not a straightforward task. ;)
Any other nifty solutions? After examining all sorts of other options,
we're very committed to using a palette window for this, as opposed to a
menu item. Unfortunately, all window types in MC exhibit this de-selection
behavior.
Ideally, list selections would never affect a selection in an open text
field. SuperCard used to act like MC does, but somewhere along the line
(v.1.7?) it was changed to make lists and buttons have no effect on text
selection.
Could MC be made to follow suit? Any options 'till then?
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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