Do you have the group size/position locked (lockLocation property)? If not, moving a control could change the rect.
Thanks, Brian On May 3, 2020, 10:28 AM -0400, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > You probably need to lock messages in the beginning of your resizeControl. > Otherwise the group will adapt to your resizing of your controls. I usually > begin with both lock messages and lock screen, but the last is more for > optimization. > > Håkan > On 3 May 2020, 16:22 +0200, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > > I realized after the discussion last week about resizing that I was > > missing the benefits of "resizeControl" being sent to each group, so I > > changed one of my resize handlers to make use of groups (adding a few > > groups along the way). > > > > And it all went wrong :-( > > > > Eventually I traced it down to the following ... and don't know if I'm > > missing something or if I've bumped into a bug. > > > > The resize handler is > > > > > on resizeControl > > > set the width of field "list titles" of me to the width of me - 20 > > > put "B" && the rect of me && the bottom of me &CR after msg > > > set the left of field "list titles" of me to 10 > > > put "C" && the rect of me && the bottom of me &CR after msg > > > local tR > > > put 10, the top of me, the right of me -10, the bottom of me-10 into tR > > > set the rect of fld "List" of me to tR > > > end resizeControl > > > > Note the two "put ... msg" statements. - for no reason I can figure out, > > the "bottom of me" changes between these two statements. Here's the > > output from the message box: > > > > > B 5,32,331,468 468 > > > C 6,32,325,2618 2618 > > > B 5,32,331,471 471 > > > C 5,32,320,2622 2622 > > > B 5,32,331,473 473 > > > C 5,32,320,2626 2626 > > > > > If I comment out that "set the left of ..." statement, all apparently > > works as expected. > > > > Why should setting the 'left' of a control change the bottom of its > > enclosing group ? > > > > And why change it to an apparently silly value ? > > > > -- Alex. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
