Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

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Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by Pip » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:46 pm

Working my way through the Summer School App & have my stack set to the iPad size. I've got the NavBar in place & renamed as "title" but when I put the TabBar on to the stack, I can't see it. I know it must be there as I can see the 6 custom controls appear in the Project Browser.

I've tried changing the screen resolution but still can not see the bottom of the stack, is there a scroll bar somewhere that I can't see it?

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by MarcVanCauwenberghe » Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:58 pm

Hi,

You should see a NavBar in your Project brower. Do you see it?

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by Pip » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:28 pm

Thanks for quick reply Marc

I can see everything in the project browser OK but I can't see the bottom of the card where the 6 buttons are.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by MarcVanCauwenberghe » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:37 pm

OK,

If you see the hole stack and not the buttons then they are probably somewhere outside of the card.
Right Click on a button in your Project browser and choose Property inspector.
Then choose 'Size and position'
Look at the value of the top property and left property. Top should be around 1000 and left between 0 and 700.
If not try changing those values so you get your buttons in the stack area.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by Pip » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:32 am

I can now see the buttons but when they are in the correct position (at the very bottom of the card) i can't see them as the bottom of the card is off the screen & I don't see any way to navigate to the bottom.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by Pip » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:55 am

OK, solved the issue.

Even with the resolution on my Macbook Pro set at 1920 x 1080, there just wasn't enough room for the iPad sized card to show up completely.

Connected external 24" screen & even at 1920 x 1080 the iPad size card just fits.

Does this mean there is no developing while I'm on the road with just the laptop or is there a hidden way scroll down to the bottom of the card if it does not fit on the laptop screen?

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by wsamples » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:02 am

You could try setting the top of the stack to some adequate number of pixels above the screen (e.g.-200), or accomplish the same thing by setting the bottom of the stack to a location within the displayed area (e.g. 1060). Use the message box. You could cobble up a small floating stack which toggles this during development so you can display the part of the stack you need to see at any given moment.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by MarcVanCauwenberghe » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:52 am

Hi,

have a look at a plugin called lcMover.
You can find it here http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php? ... ver#p64280
You can move around your card and even store some card positions.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by elanorb » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:05 pm

Hi

Developing high resolution apps at the correct size, and not being able to see everything on your stack, is a problem that we are aware of. Once the Resolution Independence project is completed this won't be an issue any more as you will be able to develop your stack at any size, as long as the aspect ratio is correct, and it will scale on a device.

In the meantime lcMover is worth checking out, or you can use the message box to set the position of your stack e.g.

set the top of stack "myStack" to -400

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by cavenewt » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:01 am

I found the messagebox to be the most convenient way to switch from the top to the bottom of my stack on my MacBook Pro 13". But I think, till the resolution independence project is done at the end of the month, I might switch to an iPhone template :)

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by Pip » Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:56 am

How exactly do you use the message box to see the bottom of your stack?

It's OK, I've figured it out. Just type the message in & hit return.

I thought the message box was for receiving messages out of LC not for sending them in.

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Re: Can't See The Bottom Of My Stack

Post by cavenewt » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:21 pm

Never mind, even the iPhone template is bigger than my screen.

Elanor, is there a reason the stack window is not scrollable? In the Simulator it is...

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