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Changing the browser layer
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:09 pm
by William Jamieson
Now that Livecode is open source, I was wondering if anyone knew where in the engine script Livecode sets the layer of the browser window on top. Actually, I know that the browser doesn't even have a registered "layer" But I would like to find a way to set it under other objects. Willing to learn a bit of C to do it. Any help would be awesome
-Will
Re: Changing the browser layer
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:20 pm
by FourthWorld
The source for the revBrowser external is here:
https://github.com/runrev/livecode/tree ... revbrowser
I suspect it'll require an architectural change deeper in the engine, however, to do what you want. Right now the external merely designates a rectangle within the window, control over which is passed on to the host OS's browser engine. Since the drawing is handled externally from LC, the LC engine has no way to buffer its contents in a way that would allow layering with native LC controls.
That said, a new browser control is on the roadmap for down the road after some higher priorities are completed:
http://livecode.com/community/roadmap/