When I created Ready Wrigley Activities, I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to be able to draw inside a group.
I think that drawing on a grouped image should be standard. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > In my mind a paint tool is a 2 dimensional function. I can see using the > paint tool in a window displaying a single object that was not a group, kind > of like Microsoft Word does it. I cannot imagine trying to paint an object > inside a group as though an artist could reach his paintbrush 3 dimensionally > into his painting and touch up a bush that was behind a tree! > > Now if someone wanted to see the effect his pain modification has on the > whole, then switching between an edit mode and a preview mode would be the > way to do that, kind of like Adobe Illustrator used to do. You could even > have a modifier key toggle it. > > But I am reinventing the wheel here. > > Bob S > > >> On Aug 22, 2017, at 07:43 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> We had an issue come into support about using the paint tools on a grouped >> image - this has come up before (years ago, at least). >> >> Basically, only the browser, pointer and help tools will recurse into groups >> - the paint tools will not. This means that if you use the paint tools over >> an image in a group, the grouped image will not get edited. Instead, if >> there is not a top-level image one will be created and that will be edited. >> >> The question is - is this behavior something which should: >> >> 1) Be considered a bug >> >> 2) Be considered correct behavior >> >> 3) Be considered an anomaly - i.e. something which is probably a bug, but >> too many people rely on to change without some sort of compatibility >> mechanism >> <snip> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
