How do I get a halo on a specific UI object in Pharo 3/4?
In older versions of Squeak pharo - I think alt-click would cycle you through halos on objects in the UI. I have noticed in Pharo 3/4 - if I ctrl+shift click I get a menu that has many options, one of which is "add halo" - but how do I control which UI element I will get a halo on? Similarly - there is "inspect" in this menu, and it does give me a list of widgets (saying deepest first) - however I can't easily see which element corresponds with what is in the list? I know the old squeak halo system wasn't favoured - but now I try and find things in Pharo 3/4 - I miss the ability to visually cycle through items to understand what I can inspect? Is there no way to do this now? It was very useful. Tim -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-get-a-halo-on-a-specific-UI-object-in-Pharo-3... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Tim Mackinnon wrote
In older versions of Squeak pharo - I think alt-click would cycle you through halos on objects in the UI.
If you hold down shift in addition to this combination, the halos will cycle in reverse. To restore the non-shift direction, there is a setting (don't recall the name off-hand). Tim Mackinnon wrote
the ability to visually cycle through items to understand what I can inspect... was very useful
+1 :) ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-get-a-halo-on-a-specific-UI-object-in-Pharo-3... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Tim Mackinnon wrote:
In older versions of Squeak pharo - I think alt-click would cycle you through halos on objects in the UI.
I have noticed in Pharo 3/4 - if I ctrl+shift click I get a menu that has many options, one of which is "add halo" - but how do I control which UI element I will get a halo on? Similarly - there is "inspect" in this menu, and it does give me a list of widgets (saying deepest first) - however I can't easily see which element corresponds with what is in the list?
I know the old squeak halo system wasn't favoured - but now I try and find things in Pharo 3/4 - I miss the ability to visually cycle through items to understand what I can inspect?
Is there no way to do this now? It was very useful.
Tim
-- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-get-a-halo-on-a-specific-UI-object-in-Pharo-3... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
You can definitely get halos with one mouse click, but the exact modifier-keys may differ between platforms. On Windows, the Alt doesn't work upfront. You require Shift-Alt, but if you release the shift while continuing to hold Alt you can reverse the cycle. On OSX it is Shift-Option. cheers -ben
Ben Coman wrote
On Windows, the Alt doesn't work upfront
fyi it does if you enable the setting ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-get-a-halo-on-a-specific-UI-object-in-Pharo-3... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi Tim, You could also give GTInspector a try for a more fine tuned approach to finding a morph. Take a look here: http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/custom-morph-screenshot-with-gtinspect... Doru On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Tim Mackinnon <tamackinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
In older versions of Squeak pharo - I think alt-click would cycle you through halos on objects in the UI.
I have noticed in Pharo 3/4 - if I ctrl+shift click I get a menu that has many options, one of which is "add halo" - but how do I control which UI element I will get a halo on? Similarly - there is "inspect" in this menu, and it does give me a list of widgets (saying deepest first) - however I can't easily see which element corresponds with what is in the list?
I know the old squeak halo system wasn't favoured - but now I try and find things in Pharo 3/4 - I miss the ability to visually cycle through items to understand what I can inspect?
Is there no way to do this now? It was very useful.
Tim
-- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-get-a-halo-on-a-specific-UI-object-in-Pharo-3... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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