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How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in LC?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:55 pm
by djkesler
I have been looking through the documentation, but I haven't found a way to access the native font picker. Is there a way to do this, or do I have to build one?
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:00 pm
by Klaus
What do you mean with "the natvie font picker"?
The "Text" menu in Livecode?
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:50 pm
by djkesler
Sorry, I want to allow the user to select from the installed fonts. That font to be applied to a card for printing.
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:57 pm
by Klaus
Hi djkesler,
create a list field and fill it with:
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## Get list of all installed fonts:
put the fontnames into tFonts
## Remove (Sytem) and other default font names, LC 8 only!
filter tFonts without "(*"
## Always looks good:
sort tFonts
## Done:
put tFonts into fld 1
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Add this script to the list field:
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on mouseup
put the selectedtext fo me into tFont
set the textfont of XXXwhatever object or card you likeXXX to tFont
end mouseup
Pretty straighforward, isn't it?
Best
Klaus
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:17 pm
by djkesler
Thanks,
I am trying to duplicate an app that was written in .net I think. They call the native font picker, similar to the printer dialog to do this. It shows the font selections in the font itself. A nice touch, you don't have to know what the font looks like, it's right there. However, with some work, I could probably do something like that also?
I am assuming that there is no way to conjure something like that out of the os, at least not in LC<8.
Thanks for your help. It got me over the searching part to the solving part!
DK
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 6:10 pm
by Klaus
Hi djkesler,
still pretty easy:
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## Done:
put tFonts into fld 1
## Add this:
lock screen
repeat with i = 1 to the num of lines of fld 1
set the textfont of line i of fld 1 to (line i of fld 1)
end repeat
unlock screen
...
tested and works!
Best
Klaus
Re: How would I go about getting access to 'Font Picker' in
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:56 am
by RogGuay
With recent urgings from Klaus in responding to “Font Picker” questions, I decided it was time to build a new Plugin to address the difficulty of text editing and font selection in LiveCode (Especially LC
. I’m quite happy with the result and you may find some goodness in it as well. You can download FontLab here and have your way with it as you wish:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y99i9f337l1q ... VGBja?dl=0
Use Ctrl-e and Ctrl-p to edit and to palette FontLab. You can also click on special characters to add them to your selectedObject /Field.
Hope you enjoy and thank you, Klaus.
Roger