Labels - Default as Non-Editable?!

[CatABC]

@Lindon +1

[Christoph Hart]

-1 here, it will break existing projects because the XML strips all default values to keep the file size in check so all editable labels will then be read only.

I also find it mildly inconvenient, but the annoyance isn't worth the backwards compatibility break or adding a preprocessor flag.

[DanH]

@Christoph-Hart out of interest where is it in the source code? Happy to change it for my own use

[d.healey]

@DanH just search the source for the property name and you should find it pretty easily.

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart said in Labels - Default as Non-Editable?!:

-1 here, it will break existing projects because the XML strips all default values to keep the file size in check so all editable labels will then be read only.

I also find it mildly inconvenient, but the annoyance isn't worth the backwards compatibility break or adding a preprocessor flag.

yep get what you are saying, however the compromise would be on label creation, it starts as editable=false

So when I make a new label (in future) the editor adds it with editable=false, so now it behaves like a label, and if I want to change it to some sort of text entry box then I have to go change this value. This I think gets rid of 99% of the problem and retains backwards compatibility

[DanH]

@d-healey ScriptingAPIContent.cpp :thumbs_up:

[d.healey]

@DanH Yeah that looks right, but I just tried changing it to false and it also affected labels that are already on my UI...

[DanH]

@d-healey as in set all the labels in the opposite direction?

[d.healey]

@DanH It set editable to false on all of them, old and new.

[DanH]

@d-healey oops

[DanH]

@Christoph-Hart ok perhaps a middle ground is to have an icon next to every label in the Component List that shows if it's editable...

Just found some more and now have to spend a couple of hours running my last update off again

[Lindon]

@DanH no the middle ground is to leave everything the way it is - but for all new label widgets to default to off.