I suppose a better example would be setting the backgroundColor of a group to blue. Should ALL the objects backgroundColor also be set to blue? If not, then why the disabled property?
Bob S > On Apr 26, 2018, at 11:50 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > You may be correct. This might be the expected behavior. But I am not > convinced by the logic. It would be like saying that by dying my hair orange, > I obviously wanted all the hair on my body to also be orange, or that I > obviously wanted all my children's hair to be orange. Or that by locking me > up in a jail cell you wanted all my children to go to jail, or vis versa. > > Disabling a group would be a great way to globally disable a set of controls, > without going through the trouble of disabling each control, or else what > other purpose does disabling a group have? The group will not respond to > mouse actions. This must mean then, that if for example you set any property > of a group, that all the contained objects would inherit that property. This > could have some serious consequences, especially if it pertained to custom > properties as well. Thankfully it does not! > > Bob S _______________________________________________ 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
