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For those of us following this discussion on our phones, can you describe what you encountered? Yes, of course. In the first table I show the original data, with the row number/array key sorted in column 1. That is the starting point. The goal is to hide the first column (but still make it availabl...

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:25 am

You are promoting a grown-up way of doing things.

I barely know what you are talking about.

Craig

Hi Mark, The obvious (to me at least) is that if your data is already in an array and not TSV text, then why not just use a data grid table? It would be so much easier: https://lessons.livecode.com/m/datagrid/l/7303-how-do-i-create-my-first-data-grid-table my $0.02 anyway... Hi Stam, Not a bad idea...

Using a data grid makes it possible to hide a column. yes it does, and would be my go-to method as well - but I imagined that option was already disregarded when posing the question... I was looking for something that was "lighter weight" than a data grid to display a simple list. A table field see...

Anyway, thank you for your valiant attempts. I'll let you know what tech support has to say. So I said I would follow up on this topic. Tech support agreed it should work like it does for all the other columns and asked me to file a bug report. Done! https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=240...

These forums serve that role right now. Hi Richard, I was thinking of something that was a tad more formal: vetted, curated and updated. There is lots of out-of-date information in the forums, not all of it has been vetted for relevance or accuracy and by its nature, none of it gets updated. So I w...

Great examples Bernd, and working through them does help with my understanding of combine and split. It would be great if we had a wiki we could throw these types of well-worked examples into for easy retrieval in the future. Hint, hint Steven Creighton

Fun, eh? Probably. It just means there is no native way to sort an array. It has to be brought "back" into LC, that is into a container of some sort, a field or a standard (not array) variable, say, in order to be processed. One gets used to it. Thanks for the gentle "Canadian" reminder Craig. I mu...

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:29 pm

We all do that sort of thing right after the "combine" command.

Craig

Fun, isn't it. Still haven't fully wrapped my head around associative arrays.

Bernd. Getting there. Mark. Can you live with centered text? With this handful of settings, you would not have to pluck out the data in column 1. I personally would prefer anything rather than having to manage that. Craig Thanks everyone for bringing your wisdom and experience to the problem. At th...

FourthWorld wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 21, 2022 5:22 pm

Well done, Mark. Thank you for the confirmation, and the use case background. That sort of thing is very helpful to newcomers.

Thanks Richard, however...

I ended up going with Plan B and here's why (a tale told in 3 stacks)

Mark

Thank you all. That was the formula (tabstop = 0 with leftMargin = <something small>). leftMargin = 0 did hide the first column (when tabstop was set to 0) but also cut off a few pixels of the first letter in the next column. I found a setting of leftMargin = 2 worked best (hiding the tab stop line,...

Hi, I am trying to hide the 1st column of a table field (I do have a workaround if this does not work). I set the tab stops of the field to 0, 300, 525, 750, etc However instead of hiding the first column I see a column of maybe 2-3 pixels wide at the left edge of the table. I checked the firstinden...

To answer the question, the Application menu is unique to macOS, and only supported in LC Script with regard to moving the required items (Quit, Preferences) from their respective positions on other OSes into the Mac's Application menu. If you need to create a fully custom Application menu you'd ne...

It's too big to read straight through. I just use the Search feature in most PDF programs to find topic-specific stuff as it comes up. As I discovered. Even just reading the section on Programming Menus & Menu Bars (starting at pg 173) with its dizzying array of options and explanations was a bit o...