Line customisation

[glenn9]

Hi everyone,

For a list field I'd like to customise the appearance of the lines within a field.

For the background colour I can simply set the 'backcolor' property for the lines by script, but I was wanting to set some kind of border property for the lines, eg colour, either by script or via the property inspector (not that I can see this option for lines in the inspector).

Just wanted to check if anyone had any information on how to do this?

Many thanks,

Kind regards,

Glenn

[glenn9]

... or is it possible to insert a LINEGRAPHIC by script after a LINE is added to the list field?

[dunbarx]

Hi.

I think you will have to roll your own if you want anything more than:

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set the textStyle of line 3 of fld 1 to "box"

You will have to create a line or rectangular graphic and place it over the line(s) of interest. Easy enough, and then you have complete control over how those graphics look, line weight, color, blend level, whatever.

Craig

[FourthWorld]

Version 5.5 introduced a number of paragraph-level properties, including borderWidth and borderColor:

https://livecode.fandom.com/search?query=Paragraph

[bn]

have a look at the stack I posted recently that demonstrates the formatting addition introduced in LC 5.5 Richard mentioned.
It was done by Livecode's Benjamin Beaumont at the time.

I think it is a nice demo that unfortunately was never really given the publicity it deserves.

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.ph ... 44#p197942

Kind regards
Bernd

[glenn9]

Craig, Richard, Bernd,

Many thanks for all these tips, these were really helpful and I've now solved the headache I was having!

(Bernd, I thought the stack that you shared was a real goldmine of useful utilities - thanks for this.)

Kind regards, Glenn

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Glad you seem to have a solution. but I thought you wanted something like this:

linetest.livecode.zip

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Craig

[glenn9]

Hi.

Glad you seem to have a solution. but I thought you wanted something like this:

linetest.livecode.zip

Craig

Hi Craig,

It started off as exactly as you described, but then on learning of the additional capabilities, and with the extra understanding, I've expanded the scope a little!

but thank you for your help and suggestions,

Regards,

Glenn