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This guide looks really good! I've yet to see a better one for explaining how to add tabs. If you want to make it better, and worthy of a sticky, why not edit your first post to include some of the excellent information given in the replies? You could also think about dividing the tutorial into steps, providing screenshots and maybe include a guide on how to rename (and even recolour) existing catagories so people can replace catagories that already exist or remove them entirely! Keep up the good work!

To change the colour of the tab, edit the image in the ScratchSkin folder.

I'll bump this for you, so more will see it, and it will increase the chances of this topic getting stickied.

soft319 wrote:

you almost crashed meh image.

EDIT: the latest code gave me

Message not unserstood: Pressed

EDIT: i edited the code and it gave me:

Person naughty: soft319

Fixed.

I got an error and the categorys dissappeard!

Last edited by rdococ (2011-04-14 11:36:23)

scratchycat625625 wrote:

Tons of people ask this question SO WE SHOULD MAKE A STICKY TO ANSWER IT.
Here's how.
1. Shift click the R in the Scratch logo (top left) and choose 'turn fill screen off'.
2. Middle click anywhere in scratch. At the bottom there should be pink text saying 'ScratchFrame'.
3. At the very top, 2nd from the left, there is a red icon. Click it and go to debug/inspect morph.
4. A window should open up. In the bottom frame, enter this code and replace (category) with your category name:

Code:

ScratchSkin at: #(category) put: (ScratchFrameMorph skinAt: #control).
ScratchSkin at: #(category)Over put: (ScratchFrameMorph skinAt: #controlOver).
ScratchSkin at: #(category)Pressed put: (ScratchFrameMorph skinAt: #controlPressed).

Highlight all the code, right click and press Do it.
5. Click anywhere on the grey and choose open/browser from that menu.
6. Go to Scratch-UI-Panes/ScratchViewerMorph/accessing/rebuildCategorySelectors. The 3rd line should look something like this:

Code:

t1 < #(#motion #control #looks #sensing #sound #operators #pen #variables ).

Add your new category to the end, so it looks like

Code:

t1 < #(#motion #control #looks #sensing #sound #operators #pen #variables #(new category) ).

Again, replace (new category) with your new category name.#
IF YOU WANT AN ODD NUMBER OF CATEGORIES, YOU NEED THIS CHANGE
If you need and odd number of categories, near the bottom there is code that says:

Code:

catButtonsExtent < 2 * t2 x + (3 * t9) @ (t1 size // 2 ...)

Change the t1 size // 2 to ((t1 size / 2) rounded...).
Right click on the code and press Accept.
7. Shift click on the R again and choose 'save image for end user'.
8. Open up scratch again and tadaa!
OPTIONAL: CUSTOM BLOCK COLOURS
I don't know how to change tab colours, but I do know how to change the colours for the blocks inside.
1. Exit fill screen mode and open up the browser again.
2.Go into Scratch-Objects/ScriptableScratchMorph AND CLICK THE CLASS BUTTON/block specs/blockColorFor:
3.Scroll down and put this code after the sensing bit:

Code:

'(category name)' = t1 ifTrue: [^ Color
    h:0
    s:0
    v:0].

As usual, replace (category name) with your new category name and replace HSV with a HSV colour code.
Hope this helps 

I did everything correctly. BUT NOW ALL THE BUTTONS TO OPEN CATEGORIES ARE GONE!!! GOSH! YOU TOTTALY MESSED UP MY SCRATCH!!

yeah? it just gives a blank pallete in 1.3.1 and 1.4source code and regular

eclown wrote:

Hey GP1 can I help with your mod? I posted a comment on ur site! please reply to this post!

                                 

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. Go to the Kitcat forums, I posted a reply to your post.

the button sits underneath the frame! how do i fix that?

Um, I'm right clicking... where is Do It?

me22 wrote:

What does middle click mean?

Well, first of all, you necroposted. Which means you posted on a topic that is more then 6 months old.

But to answer your question, he just means right click.

majormax wrote:

Okay.... so I pressed Do it and exited the window, but it said "Changes have not been saved. Is it okay to cancel those changes?" I copied all the code. Do you have to keep the paratheses? I have to go to my cousins right now, so I can't test it.

Nice button majormax. Where did u get it?