decorations
Type
property
Summary
Specifies the window controls and appearance of a stack window.
Syntax
set the decorations of <stack> to {<controlList> | <WDEF> | default | empty}
Description
Use the decorations property to change the appearance of windows.
You can specify one or more of the following decorations:
- title: Shows the window's title bar
- minimize: Shows the minimize (iconify) box in the title bar
- maximize: Shows the maximize (zoom) box in the title bar
- close: Shows the close box in the title bar
- menu: Shows the menu bar in the window (Unix and Windows only)
- system: Shows the window as a system window (OS X, Unix, and Windows only)
- noShadow: Remove the window's drop shadow (OS X only)
- metal: Shows the window with a textured appearance (OS X only)
The "metal" and "system" options are not compatible. If you set a stack's decorations to a string that includes both, its window becomes a non- metal system window.
On Mac OS systems, the "system" option has no effect.
Setting a stack's decorations to empty removes the entire title bar, along with the window borders.
Setting a stack's decorations to "default" gives it appropriate decorations for its style. If the style is "topLevel", the window includes all the decorations (title bar, menu bar [on Unix and Windows systems], close box, minimize box, maximize box) by default. Otherwise, the window includes a title bar by default.
The decorations property interacts with the closeBox, minimizeBox, metal, shadow, systemWindow, and zoomBox properties. Setting any of these properties to true changes the decorations property to include the corresponding option, and including any of the "close", "minimize", "metal", "noShadow", "system", and "maximize" options in a stack's decorations sets the corresponding property to true.
set the decorations of stack \"Test\" to \
\"metal,title,close,minimize,maximize\"
This applies only to the decorations property. If you use the individual properties (such as metal and closeBox) instead, you don't need to reset the other decorations-related properties.
On Mac OS and OS X systems, the "menu" decoration has no effect. On Windows systems, the "menu" decoration must be set along with the "maximize" or "minimize" decorations: you cannot use "maximize" or "minimize" without including "menu". On OS X systems, the minimize, close, and zoom boxes are always visible if the title bar is, and turning off these options disables the boxes instead of removing them, in comformance with user-interface guidelines for this platform.
A WDEF identifier is the number of a Mac OS WDEF resource multiplied by 16, plus a variation code between zero and 15. For example, if you have a WDEF resource whose ID is 124, and you want to use its 14th variation (which is number 13, since the numbers start with zero), set the stack's decorations property to 1997. This number is 124 (the resource ID) times 16, plus 13 (the variation code). Various WDEF resources are included in the operating system--the exact WDEFs available vary from version to version. WDEF routines, like externals, can be written in a programming language and compiled.
WDEF resources can be used only on Mac OS and OS X systems. For a cross-platform method of changing a window's shape, use the windowShape property.
Examples
set the decorations of this stack to "title,minimize"
set the decorations of stack "Splash Screen" to empty
set the decorations of stack myStack to 127 -- a WDEF resource
Related
function: stacks
glossary: property, menu bar, WDEF, stack window, cross-platform, Windows, OS X, close box, title bar, Mac OS, Unix, system window
keyword: default, minimize, maximize, shadow, title, string
message: closeStackRequest, unIconifyStack
object: stack
property: metal, windowShape, fullscreen, draggable, properties, style, zoomBox, shadow, closeBox, minimizeBox, longWindowTitles, decorations, systemWindow, externals
Compatibility and Support
Introduced
LiveCode 1.0
OS
mac
windows
linux
Platforms
desktop
server