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LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook

You're reading from   LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook 90 practical recipes for creating cross-platform mobile applications with the power of LiveCode

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783558827
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. LiveCode Mobile Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Human-computer Interfaces 3. Loops and Timers 4. Managing Text 5. Communications 6. Data Structures 7. External Media 8. Using MobGUI 9. Using Animation Engine 10. Miscellaneous Index

Using a toggle button


In this recipe, you will learn how to use a MobGUI toggle button, which is also referred to as a switch. You will create a mood toggle to display how you are feeling.

Getting ready

Before using this recipe, you will need to have the MobGUI plugin downloaded and installed on your development computer. See the Setting up MobGUI recipe discussed earlier in this chapter.

How to do it...

Follow the steps in this recipe to create a toggle button and allow the user to select between mood values of Happy and Sad:

  1. Create a new main stack in LiveCode.

  2. From the Development menu, navigate to Plugins | revMobGUI.

  3. Click on the play button, shown in the following screenshot, from the icons on the MobGUI interface:

  4. Drag the icon from the MobGUI interface to the card. This will result in a group being added to the card.
  5. Using the property inspector, change the width to 128.

  6. Using the property inspector, change the position of the group so that it is at location 160,58.

  7. Click on the new toggle...

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