Re: BackgroudBehavior of a group

2013-02-01 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Scott. I think our posts crossed in the ether as I have found a wrkaround for this by simply copying the card to a different substack. Pete lcSQL Software On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > If I understand what you're trying to do/asking, substa

Re: BackgroudBehavior of a group

2013-02-01 Thread Peter Haworth
It was only a surprise because the dictionary says "Use the *backgroundBehavior* property to make groups behave like backgrounds and to automatically place groups on newly created cards." Nothing about cards in the same stack. But I agree it couldn't work across stacks. Except that I just copie

Re: BackgroudBehavior of a group

2013-02-01 Thread Colin Holgate
It shouldn't have been a surprise that the group didn't appear when you made a new card in another stack. If it worked that way, then when you made a new card in another stack it ought to make every background group you've ever made appear. All you have to do to get what you want is to copy the

Re: BackgroudBehavior of a group

2013-02-01 Thread Scott Rossi
If I understand what you're trying to do/asking, substacks can only inherit properties from the main stack, not objects. One option is to create a substack that contains all your "master" objects, from which you copy objects to where you need them. But unless you're going to have dozens of substa

BackgroudBehavior of a group

2013-02-01 Thread Peter Haworth
Just getting around to using background groups for the first time. I created a group on a card and set its backgroundbehavior to true, which also set its sharedbehavior to true. My impression is that the group should now automatically appear any time I create a new card. It does, if the new card