Palettising a main stack.

[richmond62]

I should like a main stack to appear as a palette, but this in the stack script does nothing:

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on openStack
palette me
end openStack

[bn]

I should like a main stack to appear as a palette, but this in the stack script does nothing:

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on openStack
palette me
end openStack

try:

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on openStack
   palette this stack
end openStack

Kind regards
Bernd

[dunbarx]

Richmond.

"Me" really cannot be used that way. It only refers to the object that contains a running handler. So you could make this work if you put your original handler in the stack script.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Well, more complicated than I thought.

If your handler is in the stack script, it does not work. But if it is this:

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on mouseUp
   palette me
end mouseUp

it work fine.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Well, more complicated than I thought.

If your handler is in the stack script, it does not work. The openStack handler fires but nothing happens. But if it is this in the stack script:

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on mouseUp
   palette me
end mouseUp

it work fine if you click on the card window.

Craig

[FourthWorld]

Use the stack's style property and you'll need no code at all.

[stam]

Well, more complicated than I thought.

If your handler is in the stack script, it does not work. The openStack handler fires but nothing happens. But if it is this in the stack script:

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on mouseUp
   palette me
end mouseUp

it work fine if you click on the card window.

Craig

I’ve always used

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Set the style of this stack to “palette”

and it always works fine in preOpenStack

[FourthWorld]

I’ve always used

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Set the style of this stack to “palette”

and it always works fine in preOpenStack

Best of all, the style property is persistent. Set it once, save it, and that's the mode it'll open in forever.

[stam]

Best of all, the style property is persistent. Set it once, save it, and that's the mode it'll open in forever.

Sure.

However sometimes it’s of value to do this conditionally, especially especially when working on the stack.

For example, prefixing that statement with

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if the optionKey is not down then…

I just posted what code works for me. But sure, if no need to set this dynamically I just set this in the property inspector for the stack…

[FourthWorld]

Yes, it's good to have options.