Setting the WIDTH of a button to accommodate its text

[richmond62]

I should like to have a button where an end-user can set its label: now, obviously, if that label is longer than the width of the button the whole thing will look daft:
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So, I should like to know, how, when my theoretical end-user sets a label for a button the button can widen (or narrow) to accommodate that label programmatically.
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[Klaus]

Hi richmind,

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set the width of btn 1 to the formattedwidth of btn 1

Best

Klaus

[richmond62]

Thanks.

The ONLY problem is that I am messing around with a rectangular graphic as a fake button: and I don't suppose that has a formattedWidth.

[Klaus]

Then you are licked!

[richmond62]

No: I am not!

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on resizeControl
   set the height of img "aqua" to the height of me
   set the backGroundPattern of me to the id of img "aqua"
   set the loc of img "aqua" to the loc of me
   set the loc btn "bHOLDER" to the loc of me
   set the textSize of me to ((the height of me)/2)
   set the textSize of btn "bHOLDER" to ((the height of me)/2)
   set the label of btn "bHOLDER" to the short name of me
   set the width of btn "bHOLDER" to the formattedWidth of btn "bHOLDER"
   set the height of btn "bHOLDER" to the formattedHeight of btn "bHOLDER"
   set the width of me to ((the formattedWidth of btn "bHOLDER") + 20)
   set the loc btn "bHOLDER" to the loc of me
end resizeControl

The image 'aqua' and the button 'bHOLDER' are invisible.

[Klaus]

Yeah, that's what I wanted to see!

[richmond62]

This whole experiment came about when I realised that for some bloody bad reason there seems to be no way to set rounding of a button's corners:
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As soon as a button is made larger than the size at which it comes off the Tools palette its corners go square.
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Screenshot 2023-11-15 at 17.31.42.png (102.88 KiB) Viewed 6778 times

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[richmond62]

While one CAN set the style of a button to 'rounded corners' the cornerRadius cannot be adjusted:
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Screenshot 2023-11-15 at 17.52.20.png (52.84 KiB) Viewed 6772 times

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https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=18944

[richmond62]

Sugar:
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