relayering groups within groups?

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Jonathan,
I don't know the algorithm but, as a three year user, I can tell you 
about the interface:
There is a list of all objects on the card, including background groups.
The objects are listed as layered, layer 1 at the top of the list.
You relayer objects on the card by dragging their names up or down in 
the list.
If the moved object is within a group, it gets relayered within that 
group.
If the moved object is a group, the entire group moves to the new layer.

Here's the real magic:
You can drag objects into or out of groups!

The last item above is particularly valuable:
You can move a card object into a background group, so it appears on 
all cards.
You can easily see which objects are part of any group.
You can move objects from one group to another.
You can remove objects that have been misplaced into the menu group.

You can select objects that are hidden by other objects on the card.
You can find and select and inspect objects that were accidentally 
moved outside the screen rect.

Navigator is invaluable if you deal with groups or multiple layers.
Paul Looney

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com>
To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:03:50 -0800
Subject: Re: relayering groups within groups?

    Navigator sets the relayerGroupedControls to true (if necessary) and 
then simply sets the layers as appropriate. I don't remember the 
details of the algorithm off the top of my head, but I believe I just 
figured out what the layers should be and set them, taking into account 
that setting something to a lower layer number can affect something set 
to a higher layer before it. 
 
 On Feb 1, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: 
 
  > Does navigator use the same method - that is, reordering the > 
objects and 
 > subgroups by setting them to the bottom, one at a time? 
 > 
 > If not, what method does it use? 
 
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