Hi, Arpi,

In its simplist form, text-list can be supplied with one to several items:

view layout [text-list "Hello" "Arpi"]

Text-list can also accept a block of items.  In this case, then "data"
signifies that text-list should accept a block:
my-block: ["Hello" "Arpi"]
view layout [text-list data my-block]

The text-list selection is passed via "value".
view layout [
    text-list "popcorn" "peanuts" [t1/text: value show t1]
    t1: txt 50x20
]

Text-list can accept many of the same face modifications as other faces.
Check out the "Easy VID" tutorial.  You can get to this through the demo
mode of /View.  Click on "Rebol.com", then click on "docs", then click on
"Easy VID".  It also explains the basic functionality of the text-list face.
Allen Kamp explains some additional functionality at his "FAQ - View Beta":
http://www.rebolforces.com/view-faq.html
"The Rebol/View User's Guide" at
http://www.rebolforces.com/archive/view099users.html
may also provide general help, but it does not cover text-list specifically.

There is a similar face called list.  It provides additional flexibility,
but I am having trouble finding the reference that I found most help to
explain its use (other than is covered in the references given above).

As far as I know text-list and list do not directly support columns by
default, but columns can be formulated through face modifications.  An
excellent example of this is seen in the built-in file request dialog, which
utilizes list.  This dialog can be seen by going to console mode, then
typing "request-file" at the prompt.  The source for this dialog can be seen
a in the VID source code.  You can obtain this code by typing:
 write %vid.txt mold system/view/vid
Then search for the word "start-out:". Then look at the layout for out: just
below that.

I hope that this information gives you a good start with text-list and text
faces.

-- Scott
...
From: "Varga Árpi"
...
> Hi!
>
> Please write something about text-list! How to put a
> variable to a text-list? Can text-list handle multiple
> colums? How? What refinements can used with this object?
> Please help me. I'm novice.
>
> Thank's
>
> Arpi


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