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I am using default fields and buttons in LiveCode. In Simulator and on iPhone I get old style looking controls. See comparison here (Viewed in LiveCode 9 Mac on left, XCode simulator right.

How can I get better looking controls?

Personally, in none of my public release software do I use default controls.

This is because I deploy my software across multiple platforms: Macintosh, Linux and Windows, and have no way of guaranteeing that any end-user's system has the fonts I like installed.

I have a "thing" about Macintosh Charcoal.ttf. So I set up all my buttons using that font
on a Macintosh computer I use and take a snaspshot of it, so I end up with an image
that is an exact copy of the button and I can then use that image as a button which
will appear the way I like on whichever platform my software appears.
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At the top there is the button "B1", and underneath it is an image that is
a snapshot of the button.
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Import snapshot from btn "B1"

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This is the image that Kaveh posted in google drive:
Font Metrics is a real headache for cross platform development.

Al

Thank you so much both. Yes, I did some more research and I think the answer is to use images with a transparent button, so we know exactly what will be shown.

And thanks for pasting the image. I tried the img tag but it would not show in preview. No idea why.

So nice to continue using LiveCode, having used HyperCard since its beta version.