I am far too bold
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I am far too bold
All of a sudden if I try, in the inspector, to set the textStyle of a field that is already bold to, say, plain, the box blinks at me for half a second and then reverts to bold.
I can do it from the message box or via script, but not in the inspector. All the other styles work fine.
Closing and restarting LC does nothing. I have not trashed the prefs or shot my computer.
Yet.
Craig
I can do it from the message box or via script, but not in the inspector. All the other styles work fine.
Closing and restarting LC does nothing. I have not trashed the prefs or shot my computer.
Yet.
Craig
Re: I am far too bold
More humane to drown it (or at least, less messy without dangerous shards and splinters)
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Re: I am far too bold
Only having the benefits of an outdated version I do not have this problem:
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Re: I am far too bold
Odd.
After trashing the prefs, the condition was still present. Then it went away. All by itself.
But not before changing the text in every field on every card on every subStack everywhere every...
Ahem.
To BOLD
No worries, I will just go everywhere and change them back.
So I shot it.
Craig
After trashing the prefs, the condition was still present. Then it went away. All by itself.
But not before changing the text in every field on every card on every subStack everywhere every...
Ahem.
To BOLD
No worries, I will just go everywhere and change them back.
So I shot it.
Craig
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Re: I am far too bold
It may be that the text (characters) style is set rather than the field properties. Character styles override field properties.
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Re: I am far too bold
I suspect you have nailed the problem:
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Anyway: under all circumstances, remember to Be Bold.
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Anyway: under all circumstances, remember to Be Bold.
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Re: I am far too bold
Jacque.
But this just popped up all by itself.
Why would that style (only bold, all others stuck) set for one second, and then clear? And why would trashing the prefs file make it all better?
And why then, when it grudgingly got back to normal, did it change ALL of the fields on ALL of the cards on the main stack and ALL of the seven subStacks to bold?
Nope, I think I have, and have always had, gremlins.
Craig
But this just popped up all by itself.
Why would that style (only bold, all others stuck) set for one second, and then clear? And why would trashing the prefs file make it all better?
And why then, when it grudgingly got back to normal, did it change ALL of the fields on ALL of the cards on the main stack and ALL of the seven subStacks to bold?
Nope, I think I have, and have always had, gremlins.
Craig
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Re: I am far too bold
Shooting was too good for it.
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Re: I am far too bold
That sounds like a scoping issue, possibly related to other issues based on errors in determining which object is currently selected.dunbarx wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:14 pmJacque.
But this just popped up all by itself.
Why would that style (only bold, all others stuck) set for one second, and then clear? And why would trashing the prefs file make it all better?
And why then, when it grudgingly got back to normal, did it change ALL of the fields on ALL of the cards on the main stack and ALL of the seven subStacks to bold?
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Re: I am far too bold
Richard.
Scoping. OK.
Well, I selected a field and opened its inspector. I tried to change the textStyle to Bold. The button hilited for about half a second, then unhilited.
They all did. Only via the msg box was I able to change it.
I must have scoped far and deep for all the other fields everywhere else to pull the prank they did.
Craig
Scoping. OK.
Well, I selected a field and opened its inspector. I tried to change the textStyle to Bold. The button hilited for about half a second, then unhilited.
They all did. Only via the msg box was I able to change it.
I must have scoped far and deep for all the other fields everywhere else to pull the prank they did.
Craig
Re: I am far too bold
Just put it in a sack with some horseshoes and bricks, tie it up and drop it in the canal.
Leave out the kittens!
Leave out the kittens!
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Re: I am far too bold
It sounds like you may have accidentally set the mainstack's text to bold. All fields everywhere will inherit that setting, including substacks, if their own text properties aren't set. It's kind of easy to accidentally trigger the stack PI if you click out of a control while its own PI is open.
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Re: I am far too bold
Jacque.
That would not cause the PI to act so badly, no? And why then would trashing the prefs file fix it?
Craig
That would not cause the PI to act so badly, no? And why then would trashing the prefs file fix it?
Craig
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Re: I am far too bold
Jacque.
1- Set the textStyle of a new stack to "bold".
2- Create a new field and enter text. (That text will indeed be bold).
3- In the field inspector click on the "Bold" button. (The "bold" button will toggle, but will not change the textStyle).
I can change the textStyle of the field by script or in msg, however, which seems odd.
In any case, nothing like what I experienced.
Craig
1- Set the textStyle of a new stack to "bold".
2- Create a new field and enter text. (That text will indeed be bold).
3- In the field inspector click on the "Bold" button. (The "bold" button will toggle, but will not change the textStyle).
I can change the textStyle of the field by script or in msg, however, which seems odd.
In any case, nothing like what I experienced.
Craig