Moving Objects in the IDE

[David Burgun]

Thanks a lot for this. I just KNEW there must be a way of doing it! 
Actually I like it better than the Shift+Drag method!

TTFN
Dave

>Dave,
>
>If you are talking about moving objects around as you build your GUI you can
>use the arrow keys (at least I can on my Windows PC) to move a selected
>object in a straight line up/down or sideways. If you hold down the shift
>key, they move faster.
>
>-Paul
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Hurley [mailto:jhurley at infostations.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 9:26 AM
>To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>Subject: Re: Moving Objects in the IDE
>
>>
>>Message: 1
>>Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:58:39 +0100
>>From: David Burgun <dburgun at dsl.pipex.com>
>>Subject: Moving Objects in the IDE
>>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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>>Hi,
>>
>>One thing that I've found very useful in other GUI design apps is the
>>ability to move GUI objects around in the Window (stack/card) and
>>constrain their movement to either the X or Y axis. This is usually
>>acheived by dragging with the Shift or Option key down. Is there a
>>way to do this in RunRev?
>>
>>TTFN
>>Dave
>
>Dave,
>
>The simplest solution is mouse-dependant. With a Kensington optical
>mouse on my Mac and the following handler in the control script:
>
>on mouseDown
>grab me
>end mouseDown
>
>you can use the shift key to constrain the control to horizontal or
>vertical movement. (I like this programmable mouse a great deal. Very
>versatile.)
>
>There is also a somewhat cumbersome solution which should work with
>other mice. Try the following handler in the control script:
>
>local myName, tLoc
>
>on mouseDown
>    put the name of me into myName
>    put the loc of me into tLoc
>end mouseDown
>
>on mouseUP
>    put "" into myName
>end mouseUP
>
>on mouseLeave
>    put "" into myName
>end mouseLeave
>
>on mouseMove x,y
>    if myName is "" then exit mouseMove
>    if the shiftKey is down then set the loc of me to x, item 2 of tLoc
>    else set the loc of me to item 1 of tLoc, y
>end mouseMove
>
>In this was the control is constrained to horizontal movement if the
>shift key is down, and vertical if the shift key is up
>
>Jim.
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