Bob, I think you are missing the point of…
> 1. Select the object in left-hand column. Look at the far left column, the top most word in this column is "All", go down to the "Object" section and click on one object, say "Field" or "Button" then follow point 2 in Jacque's instruction. I'm sure the light will come on! Paul -- also in BC On Oct 10, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Earp Robert J. <rjear...@gmail.com> wrote: > They say you learn something new every day Jacque, and in my case/age I think > that is because I forget something also!! The list is a great place to get > brain cells talking to each other again, and many thanks for your frequent > contributions. > > I'm using LC 6.6.3 on Mavericks and the Dictionary doesn't work as you > suggest, it just sorts the contents of the dictionary columns by Type, which > does put all the type "properties" together, but not all of the properties > for a given object. > > Klaus's suggestion (put the properties of btn "foo" into tP;put the keys of > tP) seems to be the easiest way of getting a list of an objects properties. > > However, whilst fiddling with the preferences for the documentation, I > noticed that there was not one entry under the Notes column, plus there was > no "btn" synonym for "button" which made me wonder what others were missing, > plus the User Contributed Notes seemed very sparse. > > I'm not sure if I stuck it in the correct place, but I have submitted a User > Contributed Note in "button" saying "btn" is a synonym of "button", and > another in "properties" giving Klaus's suggestion to get a list of an objects > properties. We'll see what happens ;-) > > best, Bob... > > Bob Earp - White Rock, British Columbia > > >> You can see all the properties of any object in the dictionary: >> >> 1. Select the object in left-hand column. >> 2. Click the "Type" header in the keyword list. That sorts the list by >> type, and all the properties will be displayed together. >> >> As an aside, if you want to see information that isn't already shown, >> look in Preferences in the Documentation pane. You can set the types of >> information you want to display in the dictionary. There are more >> choices than just the defaults. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
