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Choice limitations

 [1/11] from: kpeters:otaksoft at: 2-Oct-2007 10:18


I just tried to use a choice populated with the American states - it= displays just a fraction of them and there does not seem to be way to get at the undisplayed ones. Is there a workaround for this? TIA Kai

 [2/11] from: gregg:pointillistic at: 23-Oct-2007 23:06


Hi Kai, KP> I just tried to use a choice populated with the American states - itKP> displays just a fraction of KP> them and there does not seem to be way to get at the undisplayed ones. KP> Is there a workaround for this? Use the DROP-DOWN style instead. -- Gregg

 [3/11] from: carl::cybercraft::co::nz at: 24-Oct-2007 7:17


On Tuesday, 2-October-2007 at 10:18:32 Kai Peters wrote,
>I just tried to use a choice populated with the American states - it > displays just a fraction of >them and there does not seem to be way to get at the undisplayed ones. > >Is there a workaround for this?
For 52 items, maybe, by changing the size of choice and the size of it's font...
>> lo: layout [size 800x600 c: choice "1" 100x14 font [size: 10]] >> repeat n 51 [append c/data n + 1] view lo
The limit with choice is the size of the layout it's in, so a pop-up text-list is probably a better method for selecting from large lists. -- Carl Read

 [4/11] from: kpeters:otaksoft at: 23-Oct-2007 22:52


Thanks Gregg & Carl ~ drop-down would be nice - doesn't work under OS X (where I'd need it) unfortunately :( In the specific case that caused me to ask, Carl's suggestion might just work. Never though of the popup text list but that's always a last resort, I guess. Kai On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:31:55 +1300, Carl Read wrote:

 [5/11] from: hallvard:ystad:babelserver at: 24-Oct-2007 8:37


Dixit Carl Read (07.31 24.10.2007):
>On Tuesday, 2-October-2007 at 10:18:32 Kai Peters wrote, >>I just tried to use a choice populated with the American states - it
<<quoted lines omitted: 3>>
>>Is there a workaround for this? >For 52 items, maybe, by changing the size of choice and the size of it's font...
Why 52? 50 should be enough! HY :)

 [6/11] from: carl:cybercraft at: 24-Oct-2007 7:18


On Wednesday, 24-October-2007 at 8:37:13 Hallvard Ystad wrote,
>Dixit Carl Read (07.31 24.10.2007): >>On Tuesday, 2-October-2007 at 10:18:32 Kai Peters wrote,
<<quoted lines omitted: 10>>
>HY >:)
Oh, yeah! Must stop confusing the United States with a pack of cards... -- Carl Read.

 [7/11] from: carl:cybercraft at: 24-Oct-2007 7:18


On Tuesday, 23-October-2007 at 22:52:15 Kai Peters wrote,
>Thanks Gregg & Carl ~ > >drop-down would be nice - doesn't work under OS X (where I'd need it) > unfortunately :( > >In the specific case that caused me to ask, Carl's suggestion might just > work. Never >though of the popup text list but that's always a last resort, I guess.
Something like the following works reasonably well, though as written it won't move with the main window if it's moved. (And does no-title work with OS X? And does this get the position of the text-list right with OS X? It should be right under the button.) list-lo: layout [ origin 0x0 t: text-list [ b/text: t/picked/1 unview/only list-lo show b ] ] repeat n 52 [append t/data n] t/update main-lo: layout [ size 400x400 b: button "1" 200 [ unview/only list-lo view/new/offset/options list-lo b/offset + main-lo/offset + 0x24 [no-title] ] ] view main-lo -- Carl Read.

 [8/11] from: hallvard::ystad::babelserver::org at: 24-Oct-2007 11:20


Dixit Carl Read (08.46 24.10.2007):
>Oh, yeah! Must stop confusing the United States with a pack of cards...
I'm sure, if you look real close, that there are aces in the US too... :) HY

 [9/11] from: moliad::gmail::com at: 24-Oct-2007 11:42


or an extra joker or two ;-) (hawaii? alaska?) -MAx On 10/24/07, Hallvard Ystad <hallvard.ystad-babelserver.org> wrote:

 [10/11] from: gregg:pointillistic at: 24-Oct-2007 10:18


MOA> (hawaii? alaska?) Washington D.C. is a common addition, and sometimes Guam and Puerto Rico. -- Gregg

 [11/11] from: carl:cybercraft at: 24-Oct-2007 19:21


On Wednesday, 24-October-2007 at 10:18:51 Gregg Irwin wrote,
>MOA> (hawaii? alaska?) > >Washington D.C. is a common addition, and sometimes Guam and Puerto >Rico.
And the postal service goes up to 58, including FM, MP, MH... -- Carl Read.

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