relayering groups within groups?

[Jonathan Lynch]

I have a solution to this problem.

It was a real pain to figure out. The basic problem is in the way Revolution
orders items inside of a group. To keep a subgroup intact, when you relayer
it inside of a group, you have to set it's layer to the bottom of the group.

So, the question arises, how do you move a subgroup up and down, if the only
safe method is setting it to the very bottom. The answer is this: When you
are moving a subgroup down one layer or up one layer, what you really do is
determine when layer the subgroup needs to be at, then move all the other
subgroups and objects in the group to the bottom, in the correct order, so
that everything else stays in the order it was in, and the subgroup winds up
at the layer you want it to be at.

It's a giant pain, but it works.

I can send you an example of a stack that does this, if you wish.

Take care,

Jonathan



On 2/1/06, Terry Judd <tsj at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> I'm having real trouble trying to change the layer of a group within a
> group without it either 'breaking free' from it's parent group (to be
> owned by the card) or somehow joining with another 'sub' group that
> belongs to the parent group.
>
> I've got the relayerGroupedControls set to true and I've tried setting
> the layer of the sub-group I want to bring to the front of the group to
> both "the number of controls" and the number of controls - the number
> of controls of the sub group (and various other incantations) none of
> which seem to have the desired effect.
>
> Has anyone seen or solved this problem before? I can provide more
> details on what I'm trying to achieve if needed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Terry...
>
> Dr Terry Judd
> Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design)
> Biomedical Multimedia Unit
> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
> The University of Melbourne
> Parkville VIC 3052
> AUSTRALIA
>
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