Thank you Mike and Roger! That did the trick! ______________________________________________________________________________________________
jim schaubeck jimschaub...@yahoo.com/ 714.321.4499 ________________________________ From: Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Substack tracking main stack and staying at top level After setting up a big stack and a smaller stack I put the following into the card of the stack that will stay in the background. *on* movestack *lock* screen *set* the bottomleft of stack "overlaystack" to the globalloc of the bottomleft of this card *unlock* screen *end* movestack globalloc will change relative coordinates to global (screen) coordinates so the bottomleft of this card gives a screen loc that the overlay stack is set to. Basically keeps the overlay stack at the bottom left corner of the background stack. (lock screen makes a slight difference in how "clean" things look while you're dragging, but isn't really necessary.) On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Jim Schaubeck <jimschaub...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Thank you Roger! That works to easily keep the substack on top! > > How to I have the substack "track" the main stack when the main stack is > dragged somewhere else on the screen? > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > jim schaubeck > jimschaub...@yahoo.com/ 714.321.4499 > > > ________________________________ > From: Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 7:08 AM > Subject: Re: Substack tracking main stack and staying at top level > > Hi Jim, > > Just check the "Float above evertyhing" in the stack properties of the > substack. > > Roger > > On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Jim Schaubeck <jimschaub...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Livecode friends, > > I would like to have a substack open and stay in a certain area of the > main stack. Also, if the main stack is clicked, the substack stays at top > level. Can someone please advise as to how I can do this? > > > > I can do this with groups but too many groups gets a bit challenging to > manage. > > > > Thank you much! > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > jim schaubeck > jimschaub...@yahoo.com/ 714.321.4499 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
