menuPick pop-ups are misplaced...

[paulsr]

Greetings:

I've just noticed that LC apps which use...

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set the fullscreenmode of this stack to "letterbox"

...any selection boxes, which pop-up when a menuPick field is tapped, are misplaced on a retina iPad, whereas they are correctly placed on a non-retina iPad.

If I imagine the screen to be one fourth of its size, occupying the top left corner, then the pop-ups would be in the correct locations.

Is this an LC bug, or do I need to do something to get them into the correct location?

Thanks...

--paul

[LC 6.6, iPad Retina iOS 7.1]

[paulsr]

Folks, I'd really appreciate knowing if anyone else is experiencing the misplacement of popups.

I can't figure if I have a bug or LC has a bug.

Thanks...

--paul

[paulsr]

Sorry ... I need to raise this issue again, because to me it seems like a serious problem.

Please look at the image in this link...

http://sr-apps.com/temp/IMG_0664.PNG

I tapped on the field shown as "??:??" and the time "spinner" popped-up too high and too far left.

This happens consistently in all my apps. They are correctly placed on non-retina devices, but misplaced on retina devices.

AFAIK I have no control over where the selection spinners are placed, so I can't see how I've mis-coded anything.

Is anyone else experiencing this???

TIA

--paul

{LC 6.6]

[Nakia]

Hi Paul,

Upload a test stack here (place it in a ZIP file) and I and others will be happy to take a look.

Is this stack using full screen mode by any chance?

EDIT: Ignore the above, just read your first post...

[paulsr]

Hi Paul,

Upload a test stack here (place it in a ZIP file) and I and others will be happy to take a look.

Will do ... but not for a few days because I'm about to move countries and will be offline.

Thanks...

--paul

[Nakia]

No worries, I will check back in a few days....

[paulsr]

Finally, I am back online and in coding-mode.

Here is a simple test stack... test.zip

http://sr-apps.com/livecode/test.zip

I have created one card with a button placed at 600,600. I have also placed an 'X' at 300,300 just to test my theory.

On a retina iPad, tapping the button causes the menuPick spinner to open at the X, with the spinner's arrow pointing up to the X.

On a non-retina iPad, it correctly opens above the button, with the arrow pointing down to the button.

This, I think, demonstrates the fact the spinner - on a retina device - is opening where it would do, if the device was non-retina.

There's very little code so for ease of reading I've added here too...

First the stack script:

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on preOpenStack
   set the visible of this stack to true
   set the acceleratedRendering of this stack to true   
   
   --set resolution independence mode
   set the fullscreenmode of this stack to "letterbox"
   
   --set allowed orientations
   mobileSetAllowedOrientations "portrait,portrait upside down,landscape left,landscape right"   
   
   if the platform is iphone then 
      iphoneSetRedrawInterval
      iphoneUseDeviceResolution true, true
   end if
     
   --set stack size
   if the environment is mobile then
      if gORTN = "portrait" then
         set the rect of this stack to 0,0,768,1024
      else  
         set the rect of this stack to 0,0,1024,768     
      end if
   end if   
   
end preOpenStack

And the button code is simply:

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on mouseUp
   mobilePickDate "time",,,,,"cancelDone"
end mouseUp

Can anyone see a bug here???

TIA

--paul

[LC6.6.1]

[jacque]

It's a known bug, I think it's been fixed in one of the latest prereleases.

BTW, you don't need to set the stack rect in the handler. On mobile the stack is always the same size as the screen and the instructions will be ignored.

[paulsr]

okay, thanks

--paul

[paulsr]

Could someone kindly tell me what bug nbr this is/was and when it was fixed.

I've just downloaded LC 6.6.2(rc6) Mac, and the bug is still there, or has returned.

If no one can spot an error in my code, then I'll (re)list the bug.

TIA

--paul

[FourthWorld]

I've seen this on Linux but not on Mac. What's the bug report number? I'll add some notes to it.