Project Browser documentation?

[mluka]

Hi all.

Going through the lastest version of the LC User Guide (9.0.0 User Guide 4/6/18).

Page 483 (listing the various menu items) states "For more details, see the section on the Project Browser."

Where is the section on the Project Browser??? Couldn't find that in this manual...

(The Dictionary/Guide/The LiveCode IDE/The Menu Bar has the same statement...)

What I'm looking for:

• WHAT is the Project Browser?
• What does it DO? What is a typical use?
• What do the numbers at the end of each line represent?
• What are the icons at the bottom of the window used for?
• Etc...

Thanks!

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Not in v9 yet (8.1.9) and this is rather old, but start here:

http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/56 ... ct-browser

Know also that the plug-n known as "revApplicationOverview" is the old application browser. Not sure why we still have both.

Craig Newman

[FourthWorld]

The Dictionary is only what its name implies, a concise reference for the language.

For general orientation to concepts and for IDE use, see the User Guide (second item from the top in the Help menu).

[Klaus]

What Richard said.

However what the PB is and what it is good for should be more than obvious, not?

The icons at the bottom have tooltips and reflect basically the the "Align Controls" tab in the inspector for "Multiple objects", for the case that more than one object is selected.

The numbers on the right represent the number of lines of the script of the object.
From right to left:
1. script of object
2. behaviour script of object
3. First nested behaviour
4. second behaviour
etc...

[bogs]

For general orientation to concepts and for IDE use, see the User Guide (second item from the top in the Help menu).

He did look there, if I read his question correctly -

Going through the lastest version of the LC User Guide (9.0.0 User Guide 4/6/18).
Page 483 (listing the various menu items) states "For more details, see the section on the Project Browser."
Where is the section on the Project Browser??? Couldn't find that in this manual...

I just scanned the guide myself, although there are lots of references to the project browser in various subjects, there aren't any specifically related to the browser itself other than how to select it from the tools menu.

In other words, I think his point is valid. If your going to say something like "for more details look here..." then there should be a "here" to go look at.

[mluka]

Hi everybody. Thanks for all the responses!

start here:

http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/56 ... ct-browser

YES! That's what I was looking for. (But why is it hidden in a section entitled "Using Dialogs"?!)

see the User Guide (second item from the top in the Help menu)

In my setup (OS X 10.12.6 and LC 9.0.0), that menu option does nothing. But I was able to find and download a PDF version of this Guide.

The Dictionary is only what its name implies

Well, there is a "Guide" tab which contains useful info...

The numbers on the right represent the number of lines of the script of the object.
From right to left:
1. script of object
2. behaviour script of object
3. First nested behaviour
4. second behaviour

Great!

Thanks!

[FourthWorld]

For general orientation to concepts and for IDE use, see the User Guide (second item from the top in the Help menu).

He did look there, if I read his question correctly...

Indeed he did. My mistake. One of the downsides to spending less time here in the Forums is that the "New Posts" link brings up a lot for me to read, and apparently I skim too lightly.

In the vast majority of cases where people are looking for usage info, they've never seen the User Guide so reminding them that it's there tends to handle most such queries.

But this is indeed an unusual omission, so I filed a bug report on it:
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21392