Hi Richard, > Am 01.06.2021 um 22:49 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Klaus wrote: >> >> This quickie responsive setup took me about 5 minutes, less time >> >> than spent working around the bug, and now with a UI that works >> >> on all device types and screen ratios, with fixed predictable control >> >> sizes, and no cropping, padding, or distortion. >> > yes, thank you, but please bear with me, this is my very first mobile >> > app after owning my first cell phone for a couple of weeks. 8-) > No worries. All GUI OSes have had resizable windows since 1984. > If you've ever scripted for them on the desktop you already have 90% of the > habits needed to do the same on mobile.
I never needed to do so in the last 21 years! :-D >> >> Bonus: Another few minutes on the cd 1 buttons group would even allow >> >> both orientations to be supported. >> > >> > Not neccessary for this app. >> > But as a bonus I'd rather see this bug fixed. ;-) > Indeed. > I'm still wondering why we're still scripting scroll regions at all. > If the engine knows which objects it considers scrollable, and it knows how > to provide access to OS handling of those interactions, put one engine > capability with the other and scripters are liberated from this silly > needless (and tragically LC-specific) tedium forever. Yes, there are some areas where the enigne could liberate us from some tedious and in 2021 so unneccessary scripting. > I'm also wondering why I'm alone in wondering that... I bet you are NOT alone, at least I am with you! > -- > Richard Gaskin Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www.major-k.de/bass kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
