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better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:31 pm
by Samuele
Hi, is there a way to make a better-looking scrollbar? For example a round scrollbar instead of a line...
Thanks!
Re: better scrollbar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:51 pm
by richmond62
There is always a way to make anything you want, but it takes
a lot more work
than using the one offered by the IDE.
However, I don't really understand what you mean by "a round scrollbar", so, how about uploading an image to help?
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Re: better scrollbar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:04 pm
by Klaus
Re: better scrollbar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:19 pm
by richmond62
Interestingly enough:
1. The example stack contains a scrollbar that is not a particular aesthetic advance on the inbuilt one.
2. It threw a "bluey" as soon as I tried to move the scroll tab.
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The lesson may help with designing one's own scrollBar.
Re: better scrollbar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:15 pm
by Klaus
richmond62 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:19 pm
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2. It threw a "bluey" as soon as I tried to move the scroll tab.
Sorry, didn't know.
Leave a comment on the page.
Re: better scrollbar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:11 pm
by Samuele
sorryyyyyy!!!, i meant the progress bar, I got confused
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:14 pm
by richmond62
I got confused
I do that all the time.
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Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:33 pm
by Samuele
richmond62 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:14 pm
I got confused
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How you did that? For me it won't even round up!
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:39 pm
by Klaus
Scrollbars and prograss bars are "borrowed" from the underlying OS.
So Richmonds screenshot just shows how a "regular" progress bar looks on a Apple Mac machine.
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:40 pm
by Samuele
ahaaa, so it's android's fault that for android they don't look good
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:44 pm
by Klaus
No it is even worse!
Since LC does not support native controls on the mobile platform out of the box, it uses here
the "Motif" look and feel (Theme) which unfortunately looks like on a UNIX machine in the early 80s!
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:48 pm
by Samuele
yes you're right that design is quite awful.
so you're saying i can't do nothing about it?
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:52 pm
by Klaus
You cannot do anything with the BUILT-IN progressbars, but to create your own.
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:00 pm
by dunbarx
What Klaus said.
Make your own. It will be fun and a very good exercise. Let us know if you need help starting. There are a million ways to do it, all with ordinary controls taken right out of the tools palette.
Craig
Re: better progress bar
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:21 pm
by Samuele
dunbarx wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:00 pm
What Klaus said.
Make your own. It will be fun and a very good exercise. Let us know if you need help starting. There are a million ways to do it, all with ordinary controls taken right out of the tools palette.
Craig
yep thanks, i didn't even know you can create your own! how do i start?
Thanks!