widgets@hyperhh

LCB Widget Polygon*

Resize poly by handles, fill poly with pattern, use StarPolygons

Installation

1 Start LC 8/9.
2 Download the extension file (.lce)
3 Install the widget by selecting the lce
file from menu Tools/Download Manager
and its button "+" at topright.
4 Quit and restart LC 8/9.
5 Download and open the sample stack

widget.polygon version 1.2.1
[-hh fecit 2018]

Instead of step 5 above you may also use "go stack URL" from the LC message box. Paste in LC's msg to load stack into RAM.

Main Features and Hints

The widget displays a N-sided polygon that may be filled with built-in patterns.
You can choose to use regular polygons or several star-polygons as starting point.
DoubleClick starts/stops edit mode of vertices (moves them).
RightClick a vertex to have a menu for deleting it or insert one further vertex.
RightClicking and dragging _inside_ the (opaque parts of the) polygon moves the shape.
The following messages are passed to LC Script so you can use it:
mouseEnter, mouseLeave, mouseUp.
After installation of the widget and restarting LiveCode find detailed help in the dictionary.