relayering groups within groups?

[Terry Judd]

Hi Jonathon - I arrived at a similar solution after much stuffing about 
last night. My only concern is that I may have to do this with lots of 
objects (100+?) every time I want to drag one about. Hopefully it's not 
too slow.

Thanks for the info.

Terry...

>
>
> 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