set the leftMargin of field "Melting Point" to 10
set the leftMargin of last button to the leftMargin of first button
Use the leftMargin property to change the amount of blank space between an object's left edge and its contents.
Value:
The leftMargin is a
By default, the leftMargin of a newly created field is 8. If the field's wideMargins property is true, the field's leftMargin is set to 14. The default leftMargin setting for a button or group is 4.
Comments:
The leftMargin property of a field or button specifies how many blank pixels are left between the object's left edge and the left edge of its text. The leftMargin of a group specifies how far the group's left edge extends below its leftmost object.
An object's leftMargin property is equal to item 1 of its margins property.
repeat with i = 1 to the effective width of fld "theMarquis"
set the leftMargin of field "theMarquis" to (the leftMargin of field "theMarquis" -2)
end repeat
This produces a smooth scroll to the left. You can expand the idea to control the rate of the scroll in many ways. ~Ray Bennett