Yeah, I was aware of that, but never tried it. I’m afraid I’d get very confused. I should be brave.
Also, I’m greedy and want both. I’ll try what you suggest and see if that is too greedy. Dar Dar Scott Consulting d...@swcp.com Helping LiveCode programers with Externals and Libraries On May 15, 2014, at 5:23 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 5/15/14, 12:59 PM, Dar Scott wrote: >> It is awkward to move off the keyboard while editing a script to >> hover over a control in the Object Inspector waiting for it to take >> so I can see the name of the property. > > You can select go the the General pane in preferences, look for "Property > labels are:" at the top, and select "Name of LiveCode property". Then you > won't have to wait for a tool tip. > > Personally I think the native property names should be shown by default. New > users will learn scripting much faster if the real names are always > displayed, and if they wonder what a property does, the tooltip hover will > display the "plain English" description as a cue. > > Basically, whichever option is selected in prefs, the tooltip shows the other > one. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
