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Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? [message #45322 is a reply to message #45278]

Mon, 29 August 2005 17:00

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Mark Hadfield writes:

> Silly me. The buttons in question are just ordinary button widgets on an
> exclusive base. (See the EXCLUSIVE keyword to the WIDGET_BASE function.)
>
> The original poster said
>
> Basically, I want one button to stay pressed down, signifying
> the "mode" the application is in.
>
> If the word "mode" implies a choice between several mutually exclusive
> choices, then button widgets on an exclusive base fit the bill exactly.

I appreciate the definitions of "seasoned". I think I'm probably
"flavored". At least after I get done playing tennis. :-)

Yes, I use these kind of exclusive base buttons all the time.
I think of them as "toolbar" buttons" but they could just as
easily be "mode" buttons, as long as the mode is exclusive.

The buttons I was referring to that use Draw Widgets are
actually buttons I use in non-exclusive situations, where
several possible buttons can be selected at any particular
time, and I want a "selected" property to appear differently.

I came on the idea by peering closely at those buttons in
the exclusive bases and seeing how it was *they* appeared
to be selected. It was simply a matter of reversing the button
highlights. Or, another example of smoke and mirrors, depending
upon your philosophical leanings.

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Keeping Button Pressed In? By: hocmin on Wed, 24 August 2005 07:50
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:31
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: David Fanning on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:00
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 29 August 2005 15:53
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 21 October 2005 10:57
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 29 August 2005 15:13
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: David Fanning on Mon, 29 August 2005 08:25
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: pravesh.subramanian on Mon, 29 August 2005 07:57
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: JD Smith on Mon, 24 October 2005 10:41
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: JD Smith on Mon, 24 October 2005 17:05
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Dick Jackson on Mon, 24 October 2005 10:08
		Re: Keeping Button Pressed In? By: Dick Jackson on Sun, 23 October 2005 21:39

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