Actually, I get it as intended even in your second example, I still get "hithere" as the first buttons text. You are referncing the first facet with pane/1.
Paul Tretter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Finkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Question on text formatting > Now, this is a _very_ interesting clue. > > If I use a similar example, > > view/new lay: layout [ button button button ] > lay/pane/1/text: "hithere" > > show lay/pane/1 > wait none > > > > The text on the button changes. In fact, I can change it to anything I > like, again and again. > > > But if I do something like: > > view/new lay: layout [ button "test" button "test1" button "test" ] > lay/pane/1/text: "hithere" > show lay/pane/1 > wait none > > Or > > view/new lay: layout [ button copy "test" button copy "test1" button > copy "test" ] > lay/pane/1/text: "hithere" > show lay/pane/1 > wait none > > > Then the text is fixed to be "test". Every time I show, Rebol changes > it back to the original text (which was test); Rebol must be storing > the original text in some hidden place when I created the button, and > always refreshing from that, rather than from the values stored I was > expecting. > > (this also seems to apply to colors). > > So if I create a grid of blank buttons (or possibly uncolored buttons), > I might be able to programatically change the appearance of the button > to simulate non-mouse highlighting. > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Anton > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 2:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Question on text formatting > > > A while back, when View was upgraded, > the button style became more complicated, > using a gradient effect. > Anyhow, here's an example of how to change > the first button in a face containing three > buttons. > > view/new center-face lay: layout [ > button button button > ] > ; modify first button > lay/pane/1/effects: [ > [gradient 0x1 166.120.192 0.0.200] ; normal > [gradient 0x-1 66.120.192 44.80.132] ; pressed > ] > lay/pane/1/effect: first lay/pane/1/effects > show lay/pane/1 > wait none ; wait for events > > see also > > print mold lay/pane/1/feel > > Anton. > > > Thanks for your help so far! > > > > > > << and if anyone knows of an easy way to force one of the > > buttons on the scrolling grid to be "selected" my day would be > complete > > :-) >> > > > > >FOCUS is what you use to select a specific face. I'm not sure it will > > do > > >what you want here though. Buttons don't respond to many keystroke by > > >default (you can, of course, add that behavior). I think Brett > Handley > > did a > > >grid style that let you move from face to face with the keyboard. > Maybe > > it > > >was Cyphre. So many talented people write great stuff that I lose > > track. :) > > > > > view layout [a: button [print "A"] b: button [focus a]] > > > > > > What I am after is a way to programatically make one of the buttons in > > the grid appear to be selected. I don't have a mouse for this > > application; everything is done via a keypad. > > > > I was wondering if there were any tricks I could be using to get that > > effect. > > > > (like, is there a way I could iterate through the list of buttons > > associated with a particular face, and somehow change that buttons > color > > ?) > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Andy > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
