Klaus:
I am working with LC 9.6.1 Indy on a Dell PC running Windows 10. I first
find a point in the group (in this case the topleft of btn "Button 1"
Adjust it a little and then set the topright of the newly created button
"New Button". This would be the equivalent of your "where whateverX an
That happened to me once and it turned out that I had a duplicate invisible
control that was moving instead. If you turn on "show invisibles" you might
find something. The extra control may not even be in the same group.
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Hi Richard and all,
> Am 15.04.2021 um 18:07 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
> :
>
> Klaus Major wrote:
>> I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked.
>> Inside of the group there are two invisible objects, a button and a graphic.
>> Now if I:
>> ...
>> create btn "b1" in grp "THE
On 4/15/21 8:16 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Then the button stays however in the topleft corner of the group.
Even moving the button some pixels to right or down does not work.
Why, oh, why? :-)
Thanks for any insight!
Is it any different if you lock messages?
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Mark Wieder
Klaus Major wrote:
I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked.
Inside of the group there are two invisible objects,
a button and a graphic.
Now if I:
...
create btn "b1" in grp "THE group"
## and
set the loc of btn "b1" of grp "THE group" to whateverX,wahteverY
...
where whateverX and Y
Hi Stepehen,
> Am 15.04.2021 um 17:32 schrieb Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
> :
>
> Well for one thing there’s a keyword in the name of the object.
> Try using a name like “TheGroup”
since this is a string, it does not matter!
The actual name of my group is "galerie_km", but that does not c
Well for one thing there’s a keyword in the name of the object.
Try using a name like “TheGroup”
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 08:17 Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am sure there is a technical reason for this! 8-)
>
> I have a group set to 600*
I find positioning objects by script inside a location locked groups to
be very non-intuitive as well.
I wish there was a mode by which all object in a group - in the special
mode - could be set and referenced by coordinates relative to the group.
Something like
set the relative loc of btn X
Hi all,
I am sure there is a technical reason for this! 8-)
I have a group set to 600*600 pixel and loclocked.
Inside of the group there are two invisible objects,
a button and a graphic.
Now if I:
...
create btn "b1" in grp "THE group"
## and
set the loc of btn "b1" of grp "THE group" to whate
