The other way to force the card to be selected is to double click somewhere where there are no visible objects. This will open the Card Inspector at which point the menus will work accordingly.
Bob S > On Sep 21, 2017, at 16:12 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Ill be dammed. Gobsmacked. It appears that the menu *ought* to change > contextually when you click on a card, but doesn't. Right clicking on the > card seems to force the IDE to focus on the card itself. Neat trick. It also > reveals that the IDE was written and intended to allow > cut/copy/paste/duplicate cards, but somehow the ability to "click" on a card > is what is missing. > > Bob S > > >> On Sep 21, 2017, at 15:51 , Brian Milby via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Just thought I'd try this out and see if there is another option. If you >> right click on a card and dismiss the pop-up menu, then the edit menu >> changes to "Cut Card", "Copy Card", "Clear Card", and "Duplicate Card" >> although Clear and Duplicate don't seem to do anything. Probably not much >> more efficient than leaving "copy this card" in the message box, but may be. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
