Scrolling a Card?

Thomas McGrath III 3mcgrath at adelphia.net
Thu Feb 19 20:29:25 EST 2004


Yeah, Plus if the original group is now larger than the card/window the 
scroll bars won't do anything SO changing the size of the larger group 
down to the window size (or what ever size you want) will make the 
scroll bars available. Then lock the group loc so it doesn't regrow on 
ya.

Tom

On Feb 19, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Jeremy Smith wrote:

>
> It's really just saying set the location "size" of the group to the 
> window size. Doing this
> enables you to scroll the group, otherwise the group would span 
> outside the stack window
> without an option to scroll... It doesn't mean re-orgranize the 
> objects within the group so
> they all fit into the stack window.
>
> Umm, confusing to word... I hope this makes sense :)
>
>> From: Doug Lerner <doug at webcrossing.com>
>> Reply-To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> Subject: Re: Scrolling a Card?
>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:54:56 +0900
>>
>> You got me. :)
>>
>> I haven't actually tried this yet. I've been meaning to though.
>>
>> All I know is what it says in the docs:
>>
>> -----
>> You create a scrolling window by placing all the objects on the card 
>> in a
>> scrolling group. If you make the group the same size as the stack 
>> window,
>> scrolling the group causes the whole content area of the window to 
>> scroll.
>>
>> To display the group¹s horizontal or vertical scroll bar, set the 
>> group¹s
>> hScrollbar or vScrollbar property to true. You can either set these
>> properties in a handler or the message box, or use the Basic 
>> Properties pane
>> in the group¹s property inspector to display or hide a vertical or
>> horizontal scroll bar.
>>
>>   Tip:  After sizing the group to fit the window, set the group¹s
>> lockLocation property to true. This prevents it from automatically 
>> resizing
>> to fit the contents when you switch cards.
>> -----
>>
>> But what confuses is me is what does it mean by "make the group the 
>> same
>> size as the stack window..."? If you do that, what is the scroll for?
>>
>> doug
>>
>> On 2/20/04 9:35 AM, "Kathy Jaqua" <kgjaqua1 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks Doug!
>> >
>> > OK sooo, I would create a bottom level group larger
>> > then the card and ... would I lose the groups that are
>> > on the card If I scrolled them out of sight? Do they
>> > scroll out of sight? Um :)
>> >
>> > Kathy Graves Jaqua
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