Adding Slots

The New Slot Dialog

You can also add a slot using the New Slot dialog, which is found in the Browser menu. When you select New Slot in the menu, you get the dialog shown in FIGURE A.30. It is also in this dialog that you will add all of your own methods to a template. At the top of the dialog are the same popup menus available in the slot editor. Below is a text area to enter the name of your slot. To the right of the name is another popup, where you can specify one of nine types of slot editors:

Evaluate
A generic editor, preset to nil.

Custom
A custom editor (currently disabled).

Script
An editor for functions, preset to hold
func()
begin
end

Text
An editor for text, preset to surround the slot value with double quotes, " ".

Number
An editor for integers.

Boolean
An editor for True or nil values.

Rectangle
An editor to enter left, right, top, and bottom values.

Picture
An editor with a file picker and a resource display area.

Font
A font editor (currently disabled).

FIGURE A.30 : NTK's new slot dialog.


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Last modified: 1 DEC 1996