Hidden Information

Torge Husfeldt torge.husfeldt at gmx.de
Thu Jul 10 08:05:10 UTC 2003


Hi,

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 22:34:38 +0000, Hannes Hirzel 
<hannes.hirzel.squeaklist at bluewin.ch> wrote:

> Brent Vukmer wrote:
>
>>>> I'm probably missing something obvious, but can someone gove
>>>
>>> me a clue
>>> about how to set >up an expression to execute when I click on a text 
>>> field (and also link to a hidden URL)?
>>>
>>> No, this is not obvious at all. Please try this:
>>> 1. Open a workspace.
>>> 2. Type in this line:
>>> 'This is an example of Object new beep text'
>>> 3. Select 'Object new beep' and press cmd-6 to bring up the menu. 4. 
>>> Select 'do it' from the menu. The selected text is now displayed in 
>>> blue.
>>> When you click on it, your computer should beep.
>>> 5. Place the cursor into the word 'example' and move it (with the arrow 
>>> buttons) into the the 'Object new beep'. 6. Type in some text, e.g. 
>>> 'hidden' 7. Remove the unwanted text around the word 'hidden'.
>>>
>>> Now the line should look like this:
>>>
>>> This is an example of hidden text
>>>
>>> where the word 'hidden' is displayed in blue. When you click on 
>>> 'hidden', your computer should beep.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> This isn't on the Swiki anywhere?  Maybe some kind soul should put it in
>> the FAQ.
>>
>>
>
> What would be then the title of this use case?
>
> 'Creating text with active links'
> or
> 'Creating text with Smalltalk actions'
> or just
> 'Creating active text'?
>
> It could be linked from the page http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/2226 
> (Text).
>
> David N. Smith spent an hour on the Swiki looking for something like this 
> so there should be probably more links as well.
>
> Another question: Is it possible to change the hidden Smalltalk action
> without just deleting an rewriting it?
Yeah,
try edit/show hidden info in the CMD-6 menu.

HTH,
Torge

>
>
> Hannes Hirzel
>
>
>



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