Thanks Mark, but as usual, the idea would not leave me alone, and kept drilling into my subconscious so I made a way to do it.
on mouseDown pButtonNum if pButtonNum <> 3 then pass mouseDown put getClickedColumn(the long id of me) into tClickedColumn end mouseDown function getClickedColumn pDGID put the mouseControl into tTargetNum put the name of tTargetNum into tTargetName put the left of pDGID into tLeftMargin put item 1 of pDGID mouseLoc into tMouseClick put (tMouseClick) - tLeftMargin into tColumnClick put the dgProp ["column widths"] of pDGID into tColumnRightEdges put the dgHscroll of pDGID into tHscroll subtract tHscroll from item 1 of tColumnRightEdges -- shift all column rights left by hscroll repeat with i = 1 to the number of items of tColumnRightEdges add item i-1 of tColumnRightEdges to item i of tColumnRightEdges end repeat -- find which column the mouse was clicked in repeat with i = 1 to the number of items of tColumnRightEdges if item i of tColumnRightEdges > tColumnClick then exit repeat end repeat put the dgProp ["columns"] of pDGID into tColumnNames put line i of tColumnNames into tClickedColumn return tClickedColumn end getClickedColumn Bob S > On Dec 21, 2017, at 11:26 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > File an enhancement request and I'll make sure Michael sees it - he's had his > head buried in the DG for a while so he might be able to suggest a way to do > it right now. It sounds like a useful thing to be able to do. > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 21 Dec 2017, at 18:50, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I have a need to right-click on a datagrid column and get the name of the >> column, whether or not there is any data in it. I know this is not currently >> possible, as: >> >> put the mouseControl into tTargetNum >> put the name of tTargetNum into tTargetName >> >> will return graphic "dgAlternatingRows" if there is no data. I'm hoping to >> submit a feature request for the new "Super Duper Datagrid" currently in >> devemopment. How would I go about doing that? >> >> Bob S >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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