LiveCode 8 -- Project browser no longer shows card numbers?

[cliffale7]

Not only am I new to LiveCode but I'm also new to programming in general. I'm been working on an app for a little while now using LiveCode 7 and recently when I upgraded to version 8 I noticed that the project browser no longer shows the individual card numbers at a glance -- which is a feature I rely heavily upon. Is there an answer to that? Seeing the card numbers listed with the card?

[dave.kilroy]

Hi @cliffale7 yep it looks like in LC8 you only get card IDs in tooltips in Project Browser in LC8 (unless you don't name them in which case their IDs show) - in LC7's project browser you don't get them at all.

If tooltips not enough for you maybe try LC8's version of the application browser?

Dave

[cliffale7]

That's what I'm saying, except that I could see the card number in LC7's project browser but not in the new LC8. If I point a button to open another card, I have no idea what number card to point it to since the project browser doesn't show the card number like it used to. And if I try to point the button to the card's name that I gave it then I get an error when I try to run it. I need to be able to see what the card number is in LC8. Does that make sense?

[Simon]

And if I try to point the button to the card's name that I gave it then I get an error when I try to run it.

Are you saying that

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on mouseUp
go card "myCard"
end mouseUp

Isn't working? (quotes and all)

Simon

[cliffale7]

And if I try to point the button to the card's name that I gave it then I get an error when I try to run it.

Are you saying that

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on mouseUp
go card "myCard"
end mouseUp

Isn't working? (quotes and all)

Simon

My friend!!! You solved my problem! I see what I was doing wrong. It was a ridiculous mistake, I'm still so new that I wasn't paying attention to my error message. For some reason I switched to using goto instead of go to, and I noticed my mistake when I saw your code example here. I feel like such an idiot. Lol. But now that I'm rocking and rolling it's MUCH easier to call a card by the familiar name I've given it than trying to remember their number to use. Thank you so much!!

[Simon]

Glad I could help!


Simon

[dave.kilroy]

Dear cliffale7 if I could have a penny for every ridiculous coding error I made I would be rich indeed, and I suspect this is true for everyone else who codes - so welcome to the club!

Dave