power tools

[Phil Davis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "erik hansen" <erikhans08 at yahoo.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: power tools


> 
> --- Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> wrote:
> > erik hansen wrote:
> 
> > > Power Tools. the Super Grouper is something i
> > > used to move things around a lot with my
> > dance
> > > stack. 
> > > 
> > > has anyone run into any tricky spots using
> > > anything akin to Super Grouper in MetaCard?
> > 
> > Not needed.  MetaCard supports true groups, so
> > you don't need any of the
> > clever workaround devised for HyperCard. Just
> > select the objects you want to
> > be grouped, then choose "Group" from the Edit
> > menu.
> 
> just like my Geocities website...
> 
> this is like going from one film editing suite to
> another. anticipating problems that do not exist.
> 
> in the tutorial i got all my objects grouped, but
> none of them appeared on my next card. i'll just
> have to do it again a couple of times and it sold
> be clear.

If you group some objects that exist on a card, and want that same group of things to also show up on another card:
- give the group a recognizable name (optional)
- set the group's "backgroundBehavior" property to true
- go to the destination card
- select "Backgrounds..." from the Edit menu
- place the group on the card

Note that the "sharedText" property of fields and "sharedHilite" prop of btns can make important differences in the way those objects behave in this situation.

Not hard! Just a little different than HC. Have fun.

Phil Davis

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