If you’re using the latest release of LiveCode 8.0 then the answer to that question is incredibly simple: just open up your stack and drag a browser control (the icon that looks like a little picture of the Earth) from the toolbar onto your stack. Then you can resize it however you like and open up the property inspector to set the url you want the browser to display. Easy!

Ever thought that your LiveCode project could be improved by a custom control? Perhaps you want to add a rounded rectangle push button to your stack, where the border color is different to the text color? Maybe you’re thinking of building an app with 10 cards, and each card needs a header bar, and each header bar needs a label, a button, a background graphic, a line graphic… Getting tired just thinking about it? Enter widgets.

Widgets are controls that can be dragged from the tools palette and dropped onto your stack. In LiveCode 8, users now have the ability to write their own custom controls, or widgets, in the new LiveCode Builder language. The purpose of this article is to guide you through the widget writing process in LiveCode Builder, from the very start to using your end product in a LiveCode stack.