When put a DesktopListbox inside a window shown has popover, you get a delta on clic row and selected row.
https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/75984
AlbertoD
March 30, 2024, 4:44pm
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I added a video to the ticket.
“delta” in this context means “difference” or “offset”. Example: “The price delta between the fancy bagel and the plain bagel is $1.25.”
Xojo’s listbox has been incompatible with Popovers for as long as I can remember. I was hoping that when Xojo added support for Popovers, they’d pay attention to feedback request I made, and also the information I provided several years ago, heck even the information I provided this year.
Popovers are possible, but like B says there’s problems in the framework which screw up co-ordinates. So as long as you use 'em for information only (like B does). Otherwise get ready to steal NSEvents and translate co-ordinates yourself.
Link to information on IF NOT NIL removed because it is prohibited.
There are several areas where I hope that Xojo will put their attention on next. These are areas that affect this long term Xojo developer on a regular basis, it irks me the extra effort we have to go through to make a modern Mac application.
Listbox
This venerable swiss-army knife of a control, is too complex for a 3rd Party to replace, but it’s stuck in the 90s.
I have been able to bring true alternating rows (that support desktop tinting) to it, and to make the scrollbar look like an overl…
NSPopovers
https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/58219
https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/58243
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Yeah, we have been working on it… and looks like the bug has been squashed; just some more testings from our side.
Thank you so much for reporting it @Valdemar_De_SOUSA !!
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Thanks to you @Javier_Menendez
