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Tuesday, 16th of August 2022, 20:06:06 UTC
20:42:23
neirac
dbotton is it possible to create an object for example a text-area below other object?
21:09:10
dbotton
Of course. But sure what that means but can't imagine an interpretation that couldn't be done
21:09:55
dbotton
neirac: what exactly are you trying to do?
21:11:39
neirac
dbotton I was creating a text-area under a checkbox, I tried using :hidden t when creating the text area, but then I tried to make it visible using (visiblep text-area) but did not work
21:15:05
neirac
dbotton just making visible a hidden text field would work for me
21:16:13
dbotton
In html there are different version of what is called hidden
21:17:40
dbotton
(setf (visiblep obj) t) and (setf (hiddenp obj) nil) is another
21:18:39
dbotton
How you make something visible depends on how you made it invisible to start
21:20:39
dbotton
(setf (visiblep obj) nil) and (setf (hiddenp obj) t) will make the control invisible
21:21:13
dbotton
visiplep though removes the control completely and it takes up 0 space on the screen
21:21:34
dbotton
hiddenp makes it disappear but the space the control occupies is still there
21:22:26
neirac
dbotton thanks!, still learning the ropes but advancing
21:27:05
dbotton
neirac pm me your email and I'll send you the start of a project that shows a dropdown like that
21:27:43
dbotton
started work on a custom control for typeahead drop down
22:36:26
neirac
dbotton is there a function to add an object to a panel? So I could reference it later by name (my-object panel)
22:37:21
dbotton
yes - on the properties for the panel itself you add custom slots
22:37:37
dbotton
(my-object :accessor my-object)
22:37:47
dbotton
just like you would in defclass
22:38:36
dbotton
look at the panel properties of the project I sent you
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Wednesday, 17th of August 2022, 8:06:06 UTC