Another option: you can edit the options without using the properties dialogue by sending a "donecanvasdialog" message to PD, with the following syntax:


[donecanvasdialog xUnits yUnits GOP(1)GOPandHide(2) xFrom yFrom xTo yTo xSize ySize xMargin yMargin(


ie:

[donecanvasdialog 1 -1 1 0 -1 1 1 85 60 100 100(



> Wow that's fast! Is it something I can try myself? as I'm trying to fine
> tune a bunch of gui elements form old abstractions and my right mouse
> finger is getting tired :)
>
> Thanks
>
> On 3 December 2015 at 23:58, Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I have it working in the canvas dialog.
> >
> > I basically unbind KeyPress_Enter from closing the dialog and then bind
> > ::dialog_canvas::apply to Return in all the entry boxes as well as the
> > equivalent to the checkbuttons. This is only enabled for OSX, so other
> > platforms are untouched.
> >
> > It’s pretty nice, actually, since you can just tab to things and make
> > updates with the keyboard only. One issue is that the buttons curreently
> > don’t display a focus highlight. I’ll look into that and updating the other
> > dialogs.
> >
> > --------
> > Dan Wilcox
> > @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
> > danomatika.com
> > robotcowboy.com
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > “switch to linux” … real helpful :P
> >
> > I brought this up recently on pd-dev:
> > http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2015-11/020478.html
> >
> > The curent situation is a bit half-way as the button was removed to match
> > the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (aka persistent changes are saved by
> > default, hence no “Apply” button). The problem is that updates are not
> > applied until *after* the dialog is closed. This means making small GOP
> > changes, for instance, is a pain in the ass since you have to keep opening
> > and closing the dialog. IMO this works *against* the HIG as is far worse
> > than simply having a button.
> >
> > There are two solutions:
> >
> > 1. simply bring back the Apply button on OSX, I did this on my version of
> > Vanilla by commenting out some if statements in the tcl code
> >
> > 2. add apply code in the tcl to update the canvas/gui object whenever
> > changes are applied to any text box in the dialog
> >
> > I’ll look into option 2 as it’s really the best solution.
> >
> > --------
> > Dan Wilcox
> > @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
> > danomatika.com
> > robotcowboy.com
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:11 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:
> >
> > *From: *IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig@iem.at>
> > *Date: *December 3, 2015 at 4:57:04 AM MST
> > *To: *pd-list@lists.iem.at
> > *Subject: **Re: [PD] Apply button missing from properties in 0.46.7*
> >
> >
> > On 2015-12-03 12:41, Si Mills wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Is the omission of the Apply btn in the properties dialogues (present in
> > Pd-extended) a feature of latest vanilla build or a bug?
> >
> >
> > a feature¹.
> >
> > http://lists.puredata.info/namazu/pd-list/namazu.cgi?query=apply+button
> >
> > gsdfmt
> > IOhannes
> >
> > ¹ that should go away. in the meantime you could switch to linux where
> > there *is* an apply button.
> >
> >
> >
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