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Summertime01
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Multiple palette stacks

Post by Summertime01 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:46 am

Hi all,

It's probably easy but I can't find out how to do it:
I've got a main stack and 2 substacks that I would like to open as palettes. I would like to allow for the user to see both palettes at the same time on top of the main stack (like with the tools palette and the project browser in livecode). What's a good way of doing that?

Thanks a lot for your help.

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by Summertime01 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:57 am

PS:
It actually works sometimes but more "accidentally" or because of a mechanism/command I cannot really track.

I've got a button for each substack on the main stack. Pressing a button opens the respective stack. The preOpen stack handler in the substack's script defines it as palette.

I've noticed this behaviour:
action 1: When I click the button to open substack/palette 1 it opens.
action 2: When I then click the other button to open substack 2, substack 2 opens and substack 1 closes.
action 3: When I then click button 1 substack 1 opens.
action 4: When I then click button 2 substack 2 opens but substack 1 remains open as well.
Just seems to work in this sequence of actions. :roll:

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by Summertime01 » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:05 am

Correction:
Just found out that the second substack/palette is in the background but open.

What's the best way to have both substacks on top of the main stack?

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by FourthWorld » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:39 pm

What is the mode of the mainstack?
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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by bogs » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:43 pm

Summertime01 wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:05 am
What's the best way to have both substacks on top of the main stack?
I *think* what your looking for is this in your main stack :

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on openStack
// http://livecode.wikia.com/wiki/RaisePalettes
	set the raisePalettes to true
end openStack
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RaisePalettes above the main stack...
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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by jmburnod » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:28 pm

Hi All
I played with 3 substacks and it works fine for me (LC 9.0.1)
I didn't find differences with raisepalettes true or false because there is only palette and edtable stacks.
Not sure I understand in which case raisepalettes could be useful
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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by Klaus » Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:50 pm

On my Mac and Win "the raisepalettes" is TRUE by default, so maybe this is not the case on Linux?

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by bogs » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:06 pm

Dunno, until I set raisePalettes in the openStack handler here (Linux, q4os TDE desktop), the palettes would go under the main stack. Once set, the palettes stayed above the main stack as shown in the picture. Didn't test on other Os platforms, so couldn't comment.
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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by diobosco » Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:14 pm

Hello

I am trying to redesign an app using multiple palettes.

That raises the question what the best approach would be considering that buttons of palette A might influence the appearance and/or behaviour of palette B and C (and vice versa). I just want to understand the best way how to design this before I start implementing features.

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by stam » Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:07 am

My personal opinion: palettes should be used very sparingly if at all…. There is perhaps a niche for them but by and large they’re a pain for the user.

I would consider interface design carefully before going down that route. Fair enough if there is a clear reason to use these but otherwise would avoid.

Regarding code conflicts: I would keep most of the code in the mainStack, assuming your palettes are substacks.

You can reference buttons on each palette with “the target” and it should be possible to have no (or minimal) code in the palettes. Using script local variables in the mainstack will allow you to track properties/conditions etc.

But all of this is over complicating things I reckon….

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Re: Multiple palette stacks

Post by dunbarx » Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:20 am

Hi.

I am with Stam.

What is the nature of the user interface such that you want to use palettes?

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