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From: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Interfacing with the user question.
Message-ID: <962taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 89 06:35:12 GMT
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>Now, the user is expecting to see the answer in a specific field, specially when
>dealing with matrices.  If the answer doesn't fit in the space allocated, what
>would be a way of showing the answer to the user?
>
>---------      ---------       --------
>|field 1 |    | field 2 |     |field 3 |
>---------      ---------       --------
>
>How would you handle an "overflow" on field 2?


One solution is to put a script in the field that makes it bigger when the
user clicks on it, then reverts to the original size when the user clicks on
it again.

If you want the user to be able to see all the text right off, your only
solutions are to use a smaller font or to make the field bigger.  Obviously,
when you display data you have to have a big enough space to show the data in.


Jim Taylor
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