PopupWidget

Type

statement

Summary

Opens a widget within a popup window.

Syntax

popup widget <Kind> at <Location> [ with properties <Properties> ]

Description

Use to display a widget within a popup window, for example as a tooltip or picker dialog.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Kind		The unique identifier of the widget to use for the popup.
Location		An expression that evaluates to a Point relative to the current widget. The topleft corner of the popup window will be placed here.
Properties		An expression that evaluates to an array. For each key of the array, the popup widget will be initialized by setting that property to the value for that key.

Examples

private variable mColor as Color

public handler OnClick()
	variable tProperties as Array
	put the empty array into tProperties
	put mColor into tProperties["currentColor"]

	popup widget "com.livecode.widget.ColorPicker" at the mouse position with properties tProperties
	if the result is not nothing then
		put the result into mColor
		redraw all
	end if
end handler

public handler OnPaint()
	...
	set the paint of this canvas to solid paint with color mColor
	...
end handler

Related

statement: ClosePopupWithResult

expression: IsPoppedUp

operator: IsDefined