ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) (01/11/91)
I'll bet this has been asked before. Is there any way to cause HyperCard's modal dialogs to center themselves on the card window rather than on the physical screen? "Ask", "Answer", "Open", "Save As", etc. center themselves on the screen, regardless of where on the screen the card window is located. However, such modal list boxes as Dartmouth's XScrollBox and F. Rinaldi's ListSelect center themselves on the card window, which seems preferable to me. Actually, being able to decide seems preferable. Thanks. Ralph Lombreglia Internet: ralph@world.std.com MCI Mail: rlombreglia Bix: rlombreglia
jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) (01/12/91)
In article <1991Jan10.213638.29081@world.std.com> ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) writes: >I'll bet this has been asked before. Is there any way to cause >HyperCard's modal dialogs to center themselves on the card window >rather than on the physical screen? "Ask", "Answer", "Open", >"Save As", etc. center themselves on the screen, regardless of where on >the screen the card window is located. However, such modal list boxes >as Dartmouth's XScrollBox and F. Rinaldi's ListSelect center >themselves on the card window, which seems preferable to me. >Actually, being able to decide seems preferable. Thanks. You can use the "ask" and "answer" dialogs with the ModalDialog XFCN, which is in the Dartmouth XCMDs stack. ModalDialog lets you choose whether you want the dialog centered on the screen, centered over the card window, or placed at a specified location in global or local coordinates. Kevin Calhoun HyperCard Team Apple Computer, Inc.