Check out “before” and “after” in the dictionary (control structure). They
allow what you are wanting.
On Jul 20, 2018, 1:44 PM -0500, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> I believe I may have mispoken in this thread. Setting the behavior of an
> object does NOT insert the behavior script in FRONT of the object in the
> message path. It inserts it in BACK. I know this because I have a
> selectionChanged handler in both the object and it's behavior, and a
> breakpoint in each handler. The breakpoint is triggered in the object
> handler, and NOT in the behavior handler, as you might expect!
>
> The front would have been handier because then you could leave a duplicate
> handler in both places, and then tested each by simply setting the behavior
> back and forth. As is, you have to REMOVE the object's handler before you can
> test the behavior! Oh well.
>
> <Semi-but-not-reall-ranting>
> So this means this syntax makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
>
> set the behavior of the behavior of the behavior of group "dgSites" to the
> long id of button "maingrids" of card "behaviors".
>
> What *actually* happens is something like:
>
> set the behavior of the long id of button "maingrids" of card "behaviors" to
> the behavior of group "dgSites"
> set the behavior of group "dgSites" to the long id of button "maingrids" of
> card "behaviors"
>
> but the second method won't work. So long as people doing nested behaviors
> are aware of this syntactical anomaly and the effect it has on the message
> path, all is well.
> <end faux-rant>
>
> Bob S
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