Also check out the relayerGroupedControls property. It probably would have led to even greater confusion in this instance, but it's good to know about it and what it does. From the dictionary: "Specifies whether you can change the layer of controls in a group even if not in group-editing mode."
I don't know how it works in the Project Browser, but in Navigator I set it to true before attempting any relayering, so in Navigator by default it's possible to relayer controls in groups, and into and out of groups, by dragging them. On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 7:06 AM Mark Smith via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > You hit the nail on the head. Select grouped was not selected so each > field / label looked independent (and could be independently selected). But > in fact they were grouped. With select grouped off the fields could not be > rearranged. Turning it on enabled layering the groups (containing the > fields) in the correct order. Because its not obvious the fields are > grouped I never think to check that option (this is not my stack but > someone else’s. Probably at some point there was a point to grouping them > together… maybe during the design phase). It’s all working now. And Pauls > suggestion of checking the PB was useful in “seeing” that each fields label > and field was grouped (even without the select grouped icon being toggled > on). > > Thanks to all. > Mark > > > On 28 Jul 2023, at 5:27 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > You can toggle what gets selected with the "Select Grouped" icon in the > top toolbar. > > -- > > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > On July 28, 2023 10:53:08 AM Mark Smith via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> Well, this might explain it. The original designer had grouped the > labels and the fields into groups (so label A and field A into grp A, etc). > I was trying to change the order of the fields, (oddly, when you 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
