get the layer of a control within its group

[Ken Norris]

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> Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 23:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: erik hansen <erikhans08 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: get the layer of a control within its group

> 
> 
> i am trying to get the layer of a control
> within its group. the group "Piano" has buttons
> representing 52 white keys followed by 36 black
> keys. 
> 
> in group editing mode btn "n22" (the lowest black
> key) has the layer = 53. otherwise the level is
> given as 125.
> 
> the idea is to determine how to change the
> appearance of the button when it is clicked on.
> black and white keys have different behavior.
> 
> i would like to keep all of the buttons in the
> same group. 88 has a nice heft to it. i could
> make a list of the 88 ids and determine use
> itemOffset,
> but is their an easy way to get the layer of a
> control relative to its group?
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I don't have the answer, But I'm interested in what you're doing. I very
much want to build an onscreen piano keyboard for people with severe motor
deficits and poor vision.

The idea would be to have a hover mechanism that will speak the key name,
when the user hovers over it, into a single-sided headset through a special
feedback channel, then, if it is what they want, they click and it plays
through the speakers.

It's a rainy day here, so I can't mow (my outdoor business is mostly that in
the spring and summer), so I have some unexpected time to be creative today.

Best regards,
Ken N.