Open a centered modal?

[dburdan]

Hi,
I am trying to open a modal that is automatically centered on top of the current stack. For example, I need user input so I made a modal stack. I can open it fine but I want it to be half the size of the stack that opens it and be centered on the screen. Example:

What I have:


What I want:


The back box is the modal stack.

[RickD]

Hi dburdan:

I have attached a sample stack that does what you want.

It has a preopenCard script and two button scripts. Very staraight forward.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[dburdan]

That works great for the computer however I'm building on iOS. Every time I open a modal window It covers the whole screen. I can't get the sides to be transparent.

[Klaus]

Hi Dan,

since iOS is a ONE window environment, there can only be ONE stack on the screen at a time
and it will cover the complete screen! So what you wnat to achieve is simply impossible (right now).

I would fake this by creating a card in your current stack that LOOKS as if a modal dialog is open over my stack


Best

Klaus

[dburdan]

Ok, thanks once again Klaus !

[Klaus]

Dan, think different!

[SteveHanlan]

I create a control whose visible is false until I need it.
Combine this with a function that disables other visible controls temporarily and you have an effective modal pop-up

If you can stand illogical control names, I name them sequentially, i.e. c1, c2, c3, etc. This make it easy to enable/disable in a repeat loop

Cheers

Steve

[dburdan]

Thanks Steve I think I'll try that! My game is about 95% done so far! Can't wait to release it to the appstore! As far as you Klaus, I think we should vote an award or something for you!