You might want to add your experience to Bug 21509 <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21509> which I created for this issue.
gc On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 7:51 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I verified that if run from a script, the card will clone in the stack the > script is running in. Otherwise it will clone in the stack the source card > is in regardless of the topStack. Odd implementation if you ask me. I often > need to create a new substack, then clone a card from another substack to > save a lot of time copy pasting objects. Heretofore I've been unable to do > that, but now I know, just place a button on card 1 of the new stack. > > Bob S > > > > On Aug 21, 2018, at 20:50 , Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 7:50 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> SO THAT'S how you do it! And do you mean it clones to the topstack? > >> Usually you would clone a card from the message box, and of course it > >> cannot clone to that! > >> > >> Bob S > >> > > > > I'm not 100% sure whether this a bug or not -- I filed Bug 21509 > > <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21509> to report it. > Cloning > > an object makes a duplicate in the same container as the original. > Cloning > > a card makes a duplicate in the stack where the script is running. I > don't > > know if the message box is somehow different than Navigator to prevent > > this, or if there is code to prevent it happening in the message box > like I > > have now put in Navigator. We'll see what the response is. > > > > gc > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
