Paul. “reSizeControl” is a message. What I mean by that is if you are already running under script control, why do you need to send such a message at all? Can’t your handler do whatever you needed to if the user did the actual resize action?
Craig > On Nov 30, 2023, at 11:05 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > resizeControl is sent "only sent when the user resizes a control by dragging > its handles. It is not sent if a handler changes the size of a control by > changing its properties (width, height, and so on)." > > Does anyone else really really wish that resizeControl was set when the > control's size is changed via script? I sure do! > > For example, I have cards with multiple groups of objects on them. Each of my > groups (and sometimes sub-groups) have resizeControl handlers that position > everything in the groups appropriately. I do this for portability. If I copy > the group to somewhere else, the handler (resizeControl) that knows how > everything is to be moved and resized goes with the copied group. > > My card script has a "resizeStack" handler that just sets the rects of the > top level groups and dispatches resizeControl to each group on the card after > changing its rect. I really wish I could eliminate these "dispatch" (or send) > commands. I forget to include them some times, simple expecting (even though > I know better) that if I change the size (rect) of a control with a > "resizeControl" handler, that that resizeControl handler should execute! > > Anyone else wish that resizeControl would get executed if a control's size is > changed by script? It just seems counter-intuitive that it does not. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
