Another starter question

Thanks for the suggestions re: large sketches. Now I have another new  
user-ish type question. I have seen in some projects an "About" tab  
that expands when clicked to reveal information about a project. How  
do you do that?

jd

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On 23.12.2009, at 23:51, James Davis wrote:
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> Thanks for the suggestions re: large sketches. Now I have another new user-ish type question. I have seen in some projects an "About" tab that expands when clicked to reveal information about a project. How do you do that?

It's called a "Flap" and clicking the tab expands it. Being considered an advanced feature, flaps are hidden a bit. Press cmd-comma to bring up a menu containing a "flaps..." item. In the submenu you will find an item "make a new flap".

You may also want to read the "About flaps" entry. It's is slightly outdated in that no flaps are shown anymore by default, they used to be central to the interface.  (well technically, we still have flaps, though in disguise - viewer flaps, the supplies flap, the tool bar)

Anyway, it was proposed to make flaps easier to create:

        http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-529

But so far few people have expressed interest in that feature.

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Never mind about the "About tab" question -- I figured out how to do  
it using the Button Flap object.

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Hi,
Get the world's halo.
Clic on the menu and choose 'preferences'

In the blue part click on 'menu' then check 'escapeKeyProducesMenu'

Now hit esc Key, you get a menu with flaps...
lick there and in the submenu, you'll find 'create new flap' just what you need.
You'll be asked for the side you wants the flap beeing attached to.

if you want to have escapeKeyProducesMenu pemanently, you can record the image( which is the actual state of your Etoys not a picture) .

In that case just open Etoys, enable 'escapeKeyProducesMenu' and save the image using a save image in the bottom of the worldmenu.

This will work only if you have right for writing to he etoys.image file.




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Date: 12/23/2009 06:53 PM
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Never mind about the "About tab" question -- I figured out how to do
it using the Button Flap object.

jd

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On Thursday 24 December 2009 04:21:57 am James Davis wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions re: large sketches. Now I have another new
> user-ish type question. I have seen in some projects an "About" tab
> that expands when clicked to reveal information about a project. How
> do you do that?
Just a few points about Flaps. The name is very misleading ;-). If you think
of a project world as the floor with objects in them, Flaps are like wall
cabinets/drawers/lockers. They are an advanced concept in Morphic programming
but very useful in practice.

  * Flaps are operated through 'Flap Tabs' (again misleadingly named) - the
tiny label you see sticking to the edge of the screen. These tabs act like
cabinet/drawer handles.
  * they 'stick' to the screen and are not embedded in the project's world
(i.e. they are not part of world's submorphs) unlike other morphs you see
within the project.
  * they are global. So they can be used to hold objects while copying them
from one project to another.

HTH .. Subbu
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