Help test nb201

[Peter]

On the help -> Show splash screen menu it says the testing companion is on help -> companion info.

But in reality this is in the Connect menu

[ewpatton]

Right. The menus are different in Neo. Under Classic it is in Help.

[Patryk_F]

Difference between UI Classic and Neo.

[ewpatton]

Thanks for the report. I have a fix queued for the next update.

[ewpatton]

Hmm. I recall this being an issue before and I thought we had fixed it. I'll take a look.

[ABG]

Looking at the ListView Designer Attribute tool tips:

What's an image stringitem, in the ImageHeight tool tip?

[ABG]

The tool tip Help for the Absolute Arrangement:

AbsoluteArrangement

Container for components that arranges them absolutely.

Properties

BackgroundColor
Specifies the button’s background color as an alpha-red-green-blue integer. If the parameter is Component’s COLOR, the original beveling is restored. If an Image has been set, the color change will not be visible until the Image is removed.
Height
Specifies the AbsoluteArrangement’s vertical height, measured in pixels.
HeightPercent
Specifies the AbsoluteArrangement’s vertical height as a percentage of the Screen’s Height.
Image
Specifies the path of the button’s image.
Left
Specifies the position of the Left edge of the component relative to an AbsoluteArrangement.
Top
Specifies the position of the Top edge of the component relative to an AbsoluteArrangement.
Visible
Specifies whether the AbsoluteArrangement should be visible on the screen. Value is true if the AbsoluteArrangement is showing and false if hidden.
Width
Specifies the horizontal width of the AbsoluteArrangement, measured in pixels.
WidthPercent
Specifies the horizontal width of the AbsoluteArrangement as a percentage of the Screen’s Width.

Why does the BackgroundColor refer to a Button?
What Button?

[ABG]

So I updated the Companion on my emulator to 2.71t1u to check out the new Charts features, and got this on a Connect.

I was in Screen1.

The Project has no MainScreen.

I had switched to Neo in search of the new Companion.

Strangely, my Project name has switched to the name of the previous project I had opened:

This is the real project of that name:

I wonder if keeping the Companion connected during the switch left me halfway?

[ABG]

I tried the Date format for the Charts X axis.

The ValueFormat tool tip is unhelpful regarding the Date format.
It might be interpreting my integers 1-20 as milliseconds in 1970 , but I can't make out the date front part.

[Patryk_F]

@ABG

What's an image stringitem, in the ImageHeight tool tip?

I'm wondering too. For the height I removed it, for the width I had to skip it.

[Patryk_F]

@ABG

Why does the BackgroundColor refer to a Button?
What Button?

Sometimes copies repetitive parts of code from other components to save time, but forget to change the details. Large text on the monitor actually helps, good eye.

[ABG]

Switching Projects from within the Blocks Editor sends me into an empty Blocks Workspace on the other project, devoid of blocks and controls, until I switch in and out of the Designer.

Also, I suspected my trackball, but it looks like something is eating my first click on a Project in the Projects list.

[TIMAI2]

• Not able (still...) to drag and drop files to Media on Chrome on Linux

• Dragging block/s to right of blocks editor does not scroll to right, even if there are other blocks off screen to the right.

• Not able to drag multiple blocks after selecting when only clicking/setting the blockly checkbox. Works if SHIFT is pressed (which sets the blockly checkbox...)

• Creating a new socket on the join block by dragging a block to it, creates the socket, but does not update the blocks comment (if you have it open at the time)

• if you have (and want) an empty socket at the bottom of your join block

but then drag a block to add a new socket further up, the bottom socket is removed

[Al_Scotch]

What I need examples of:

• Fix Blockly 10 builds on Windows
• Implement support for hosting App Inventor without backend services
• Add Custom URL option to use alternative tile servers in Map component (@petersmythe)

[SteveJG]

@Al_Scotch

Add Custom URL option to use alternative tile servers in Map component (@petersmythe)

Yes, this tool is not presently well documented in Help or the yellow help.

My comments may help someone. I tried various other servers that had custom tiles with mixed results. Using this is complex.

For some of the examples I tried I was not able to get any results using the test Companion (I had to Compile the code to see the tiles)..

Here is the example that worked

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The example shown is not a worldwide example tile set.

This suggestedhelp link had to be typed in manually. because it was not shown in the Help. A bit frustrating.

Below are all my Blocks. Evidently you have to declare CustomURL in Screen.Initialize. I tried using a Button and the tool would not work..

Regards,
Steve

[Lucas_Antonio]

I encountered a problem, when I add a label inside the absolute arrangement, AI2 gives an error and in App Inventor too and when I try to open an already downloaded application, it does not open, it just stays on a gray screen.

[ewpatton]

Yes we have a fix for this and will be in the next ai2-test update.

[ewpatton]

Did you also set the map type to Custom in the designer? If so, then that sounds like a bug.

[SteveJG]

This is the link MIT provided
https://example.com/geoserver/gwc/service/tms/1.0.0/workspace:layername&64;EPSG:3857@jpeg/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg?flipY=true&authkey=123

the code /{y}.jpeg?flipY=true&authkey=123 seems either my mistake or a documenting error.

I copied the link manually from the tooltip. I did not use the Advanced url box (it was hidden there )

and it appears either the tooltip is in error or I did not copy it manually correct.

It shouldn't matter where the url is posted using Blocks or the Designer. The documentation didn't say where it went. So it is supposed to be loaded in the Designer?

Perhaps one of the young guys you work with can figure this out. Thanks.