Un Maximise Script Editor?
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Un Maximise Script Editor?
Hello. Long time LiveCode user but total noob to OS X.
I have maximised the script editor window and now the "restore" (un-maximise?) button is hidden by the horizontal tool bar in LiveCode. Any ideas as to how to un-maximise the script editor window so I can read it all?
Sorry of this is dumb but I can't seem to find any keyboard shortcuts on the internet. I can find maximise and minimise etc... but no "restore"
I'm using OS X 10.11.5
I have maximised the script editor window and now the "restore" (un-maximise?) button is hidden by the horizontal tool bar in LiveCode. Any ideas as to how to un-maximise the script editor window so I can read it all?
Sorry of this is dumb but I can't seem to find any keyboard shortcuts on the internet. I can find maximise and minimise etc... but no "restore"
I'm using OS X 10.11.5
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Why not temporarily hide the LC toolbar?
Uncheck -> Menu: View: Toolbar Text and/or Toolbar Icons

Uncheck -> Menu: View: Toolbar Text and/or Toolbar Icons
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
I thought one might just move it with a msg box command. Oddly, no matter what I try with such as this:
or whatever, regardless of how I torture the salient properties of that stack, I always get the same results. Anyone know why?
This is not an issue at all with, say:
where if you move it, the new loc is reported
Craig Newman
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answer the loc of stack "revDebuggerLibrary"
answer the rect of stack "revDebuggerLibrary"
This is not an issue at all with, say:
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answer the loc of stack "revTools"
Craig Newman
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
This was a mildly annoying experience for my first time with LiveCode on OS X.
The three window control buttons were still hidden behind the menu even if I hid the toolbar and text.
The View Menu in LiveCode is not visible unless you are focused on the stack (not visible when editing the script)
I had to go into System Preferences - General - and tick "Automatically hide and show the menu bar"
Not a great start to my OS X experience. Never mind. Thanks for the help guys.
The three window control buttons were still hidden behind the menu even if I hid the toolbar and text.
The View Menu in LiveCode is not visible unless you are focused on the stack (not visible when editing the script)
I had to go into System Preferences - General - and tick "Automatically hide and show the menu bar"
Not a great start to my OS X experience. Never mind. Thanks for the help guys.
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Hi Craig,
Best
Klaus
maybe because this stack is not open (as its name suggest, it is "only" a library") and we are talking about the Script Editor here?dunbarx wrote:I thought one might just move it with a msg box command. Oddly, no matter what I try with such as this:or whatever, regardless of how I torture the salient properties of that stack, I always get the same results. Anyone know why?Code: Select all
answer the loc of stack "revDebuggerLibrary" answer the rect of stack "revDebuggerLibrary"

Best
Klaus
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Hi n.allan,
...
set the rect of the mousestack to 100,100,800,800
## Or any other valid rect for your monitor settings
...
Don't hit ENTER yet!
Now place the cursor over the culprit stack (the script editor window in this case) and THEN hit ENTER!
Best
Klaus
ah, yes, sorry, forgot that one!n.allan wrote:The three window control buttons were still hidden behind the menu even if I hid the toolbar and text.
The View Menu in LiveCode is not visible unless you are focused on the stack (not visible when editing the script)

Next time something like this happens you can enter this into the message box:n.allan wrote:I had to go into System Preferences - General - and tick "Automatically hide and show the menu bar"
...
set the rect of the mousestack to 100,100,800,800
## Or any other valid rect for your monitor settings
...
Don't hit ENTER yet!
Now place the cursor over the culprit stack (the script editor window in this case) and THEN hit ENTER!
Best
Klaus
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Great tip Klaus! Thanks
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
I thought of that.maybe because this stack is not open (as its name suggest, it is "only" a library") and we are talking about the Script Editor here?
But if one asks for the "stacks", (of course with the script editor open

Craig
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Hi Craig,
".../revScriptEditor.rev" is the stack file on disk that is used as a template for the cloned (sic!)
script editor windows we actually work with on screen. So the properties are surely different
for the original file on disk and its clones.
Best
Klaus
".../revScriptEditor.rev" is the stack file on disk that is used as a template for the cloned (sic!)
script editor windows we actually work with on screen. So the properties are surely different
for the original file on disk and its clones.
Best
Klaus
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Klaus.
Thanks. I keep forgetting that asking for the "stacks" is not at all the same as asking for the "openStacks".
HC did not have the "openStacks", only the "stacks". It is a slight incompatibility, eh?
Craig
Thanks. I keep forgetting that asking for the "stacks" is not at all the same as asking for the "openStacks".
HC did not have the "openStacks", only the "stacks". It is a slight incompatibility, eh?
Craig
Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Compatibility?
We don't need no stinkin' compatibility!
We don't need no stinkin' compatibility!

Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
HC only ever had one stack in memory at a time. Even after multiple windows were supported, only the top stack was in RAM, the other windows were just visual representations. Changing stacks actually dumped the first from RAM and reloaded the target stack. There was no need for an openstacks function, it would only have had a single entry.
LC keeps all opened stacks in RAM until you specifically remove them, so the function is necessary.
LC keeps all opened stacks in RAM until you specifically remove them, so the function is necessary.
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw dot com
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Re: Un Maximise Script Editor?
Jacque.HC only ever had one stack in memory at a time.
Thanks. i can never get enough HC/LC trivia.
Craig