I guess I'd have to call myself a moderately experienced user, but still learning. The way I found out about how to set a group as a background was through the nice dp16 tutorial. But then, the next time I tried to make a background control, I had forgotten. I went back through the tutorial and saw how to do it. But since I was working with an existing stack, I didn't know how to get it placed on other cards. Thanks to the generous comment of Scott, I got it.
There will always be a need for a list like this. There will also be a need for some overview materials that are a bit longer than dictionary entries, that briefly explain how to do specific operations. The lessons on the livecode site are very good at that, but sometimes not advanced enough. I really appreciate the help and patience of experts and non-experts on this list. Thanks, all, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Mar 24, 2016, at 6:46 AM, Roland Huettmann <roland.huettm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, it is true, but not too transparent to new users, and even some more > experienced users need to really study first. > > I was thinking that in edit mode and without having to check the Property > Inspector there could be a visual hint about a groups behaviour (background > icon or color). A tool tip in edit mode could also supply information with > how many cards this background group is shared with. > > The question is how to make this sharing more intuitive and obvious to new > users for groups of one or more controls. > >> On 24 March 2016 at 08:39, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com> wrote: >> >> A group with the background behaviour will appear on each new card you >> create after you have made the group. If you know you are going to need a >> background on many cards, then make the background group on the first card, >> before you add the rest of the cards. >> >> Tore >>> 24. mar. 2016 kl. 06.02 skrev Earthednet-wp <proth...@earthednet.org>: >>> >>> Scott, >>> Thanks! You are the man! >>> Best, >>> Bill >>> >>> William Prothero >>> http://es.earthednet.org >>> >>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Use "Place Group" under the Object menu to place the group on any card >>>> that doesn't already have it. If you copy and paste, you'll wind up >> with >>>> multiple copies of the group, instead of one group shared across >> multiple >>>> cards. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Scott Rossi >>>> Creative Director >>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/23/16, 8:06 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of William Prothero" >>>> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >>>> proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please excuse me for the trivial questions. I found that a group can >> be a >>>>> shared background object. >>>>> But, I¹m wondering if for a stack with quite a few cards, a new group >>>>> with a shared background setting will only appear on new cards. >>>>> >>>>> If I create a new stack with several cards, load several UI elements on >>>>> the first card, group them, then set them to ³Background Behavior², >> they >>>>> do not show up on all of the existing cards. >>>>> >>>>> So, is there a way to make that background group then show up on all >>>>> cards? Or, is it simply a matter of copying that group to each card >> that >>>>> I want it on and setting ³Shared behavior² in the inspector? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 4:37 PM, William Prothero < >> proth...@earthednet.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I¹m about the replace a menubar with the menubar widget in DP16. What >>>>>> I¹m wondering is if this can be set up so it¹s on every card, like >>>>>> objects can. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Bill >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> William Prothero, Ph.D. >>>>>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >>>>>> proth...@earthednet.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
