[SOLVED] Multiline Hints or Captions? (Mac users: Please test)

[Hansaplast]

Since this issue still persists, in Lazarus 1.6 / FPC 3.0, I'm yet again try to find where the problem might be so I can try to fix it myself (and contribute to Lazarus).


So far I know that adding a Caption or Hint with line breaks works perfectly fine under Windows and Linux.
I also know it works when I set these at runtime, and I know that editing the .lfm works as well like so:

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1.      object Label1: TLabel
2.         Left = 415
3.         Height = 16
4.         Top = 297
5.         Width = 87
6.         Caption = 'Label1'#13#10'Label2'
7.         ParentColor = False
8.         WordWrap = True
9.       end

As soon as I enter something in the Caption or Hint in the Object Inspector, the new line and/or carriage return gets filtered out.
Can anyone tell me how to debug the object inspector - I suspect the issue is to be found there, and a Carbon specific piece. I just have no idea how to do this.

[jwdietrich]

Did you submit a bug report?

[Hansaplast]

Yes I did: bugreport


And in a different topic, I've started (with help of others) to debug. 


It seems that TEdit does not store newline characters under Carbon.
Since the Object Inspector uses a TEdit for editing the Caption and Hint properties, newline characters get removed.


I am however a little surprised that other Mac users have not encountered this problem ...

[jwdietrich]

Yes I did: bugreport


And in a different topic, I've started (with help of others) to debug. 

Great!

I am however a little surprised that other Mac users have not encountered this problem ...

Well, I did years ago, but I didn't regard it as important enough to mind it. But it is good that you are caring.

[Hansaplast]

Thanks 


Well, I do love the Mac and I love Lazarus, but I also like to support Windows and Linux.
So I do develop apps for all 3 platforms if I can (it's all freeware, available on my website).
Sometimes I really need multi-line captions and hints and ... it's a little annoying to see that Lazarus on the Mac still comes with it's (understandable) hurdles.
So instead of complaining, I'm trying to help as far as I can ... 

[jwdietrich]

... it's a little annoying to see that Lazarus on the Mac still comes with it's (understandable) hurdles.
So instead of complaining, I'm trying to help as far as I can ... 

You are right, the Mac port could well do with some additional care. But this is, as open source software goes.

[Hansaplast]

Yeah I suppose so ... anyhoo, I think I fixed it (see the other post).