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> Message: 16
> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:25:25 -0500
> From: "J. Landman Gay"
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: Setting visible of control within group to false
> Message-ID: <4e8900f5.3010...@hyperactivesw.com>
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On Oct 2, 2011, at 7:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 10/2/11 3:24 PM, James Hurley wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> My mistake. It is not removed from the group. What happens is that
>> the dimensions of the group change when an outside control is made
>> invisible.
>
> Th
C 4.5.3.
Craig Newman
-Original Message-
From: Scott Rossi
To: LiveCode Mail List
Sent: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 10:53 am
Subject: Re: Setting visible of control within group to false
Jim:
Are you sure the control gets physically placed outside the group? Are you
using any scripts to manipul
On 10/2/11 3:24 PM, James Hurley wrote:
Scott,
Thanks for your reply.
My mistake. It is not removed from the group. What happens is that
the dimensions of the group change when an outside control is made
invisible.
That's the default behavior, where a group resizes to accomodate its
objects.
Scott,
Thanks for your reply.
My mistake. It is not removed from the group. What happens is that the
dimensions of the group change when an outside control is made invisible.
My script did something line this:
--With the outside button invisible
set the visible of button "myButton" to true --
Jim:
Are you sure the control gets physically placed outside the group? Are you
using any scripts to manipulate object layers?
Doing a quick test here with a single object in a group, I don't see your
result (v4.6.4). The rect of a group does indeed "collapse" to encompass
only its visible conte
