Since you can copy an object to a group, all it takes is the second command..
copy btn "fred" to grp "mygroup" set the loc of btn "fred" of grp "mygroup" to x,y On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Workin in 9.0.0 DP9 now. Old issues of editing groups seems to have gotten > worse. selections lines around objects continue to appear even if you have > select a different object, now the selection dashed lines remain on the > previously selected object and it's as if we shift selected two object, but > no, there is only 1 selected. when in group editing mode copy and paste > object, the objects are pasted outside the group on the top layers of the > card instead of in the group itself… > > At any rate… working with it… > > But I have a bigger question… How do you mobile pro develop scrolling > groups either vertical sliders or horizontal sliders, which are, but their > very nature, wider than the screen, or taller than the screen? > > e.g. if you have a group that is 1200 px tall and the card is 736h. and > you want to add objects to the bottom of the group, how do you go about it? > If you set the scroll of the group to some big number like 1200… it will > only scroll up to the bottom of the group (seems odd to me) you don't get > any extra space below the last item. so if you go to edit at that point, > the group has no room below. one could temporarily increase the height of > the stack, but if you have controls on the bottom that may not work well. > and besides, you will run out of screen space anyway. > > I can set the top of the group to -500, now we have room on the screen > below the last rows of the group. but the IDE will not allow you to drag > out the height of the group to make more room for more objects. If I try to > edit the group, I can select and copy the objects in the last row, as noted > above, they are pasted outside the group. > > More struggle here than seems it should be. But editing larger groups of > with many objects has always seemed to be a challenge for the IDE "since > forever"… > > How do you do it? I would try do it programattically, but there is no > command like > > "copy fld "link-label to grp "portal-scroller" at x,y" > > which could b really useful in this context. > > Brahmanathswami > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
