How to change the position of answer Dialog

[kevin007]

How I change the position af answer Dialog. is it possible to change the position ?

[richmond62]

I tired this:

on mouseUp
set the lockScreen to true
set the moveSpeed to 65000
answer "Is this the correct place?" with "yes" or "no"
move the stack "Answer Dialog" to 700,700
set the lockScreen to false
end mouseUp

but it didn't work

when I tried this in the MessageBox:

move the stack "Answer Dialog" to 700,700

and, then, tried the script the answer dialog still appeared centred on the main stack.

You will probably have to make yourself a home-made answer stack.

[richmond62]

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.id ... ser/190309

[Klaus]

Hi Richmond,

for years I have been asking myself why you always MOVE things,
when just SETting their LOC would be a more effective and instantaneous solution?


Best

Klaus

[richmond62]

Maybe because I am NOT entirely "LOCO"

However this:

on mouseUp
toplevel stack "Answer Dialog"
set the loc of stack "Answer Dialog" to 700,700
set the lockMoves to true
answer "Is this the correct place?" with "yes" or "no"
set the lockMoves to true
end mouseUp


still doesn't work.

[Klaus]

Hi Richmoind,

Maybe because I am NOT entirely "LOCO"

AHA! I thought because you just "like to move it, move it!"

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on mouseUp
    toplevel stack "Answer Dialog"
    set the loc of stack "Answer Dialog" to 700,700
    ##set the lockMoves to true
    answer "Is this the correct place?" with "yes" or "no"
    ##set the lockMoves to true
end mouseUp

still doesn't work.

Sorry, never bothered to dive deeper into this mistery...
But I think "answer xyz" will trigger the "preopenstack" script of that stack which will override all previous
loc settings and changes of the window layering (toplevel etc.)


Best

Klaus

[richmond62]

Yes, it does over ride everything, and that is USELESS if one wants the ANSWER window somewhere
other than plumb-dead-centre of your main stack.

[FourthWorld]

Another option is to set the loc as a custom property in the Answer Dialog stack, and use a frontscript to trap preOpenCard, check if the name of the stack is "answer dialog", and if so set the loc per the prop.

[FredBeck]

Fun!
Two handlers and a local (or whatever)
Try this with the backdrop off.

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local sLoc

on mouseUp
   lock screen
   put the loc of this stack into sLoc
   set the loc of this stack to 380,380
   send "ResetLoc" to me in .1 tick
   answer "Is this the correct place?" with "yes" or "no"
end mouseUp

command ResetLoc
   set the loc of this stack to sLoc
end ResetLoc

Is it acceptable?

[bn]

Richmond linked to a very nice solution offered by RunRev Neil Roger

in script of stack

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local sShiftAnswer

on suspendStack
   if sShiftAnswer then
      if "answer dialog" is among the lines of the openStacks then
         set the topLeft of stack "answer dialog" to the topLeft of this stack -- change location to what you want here in global coordinates
      end if
   end if
end suspendStack

setProp shiftAnswer pBool
   put pBool into sShiftAnswer
end shiftAnswer

script of button:

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on mouseUp
   set the shiftAnswer of this stack  to true
   answer "what time is it?"  & cr & the milliseconds
   set the shiftAnswer of this stack  to false
end mouseUp

I just added the setProp stuff to avoid unnecessary checking on "suspendStack"

It works well for me.

Kind regards
Bernd