fields disappearing when grabing them

[Klaus Major]

Hi André,

> Le 9 mai 07 à 21:23, Klaus Major a écrit :
>
>> Bon soir André,
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> In a stack, I have groups of fields so that when one is visible  
>>> the others are invisible.
>>> Each field has its "lockText" and "list behavior" properties set  
>>> to true.
>>> The user can edit the visible field by means of buttons (adding  
>>> or deleting a line).
>>> So, the number of lines (the lenght of lines too), can increase  
>>> or decrease ;
>>> When the content is changing, the size of the field is  
>>> automatically adapted (using formattedHeight and formattedWidth).
>>> Consequently, I would like that the user could change at will the  
>>> position of the field in the card.
>>> So I am trying  to use "if command key is down then grab me" in  
>>> the script of each field.
>>> BUT, MY PROBLEM is that, when grabing it, parts of the field   
>>> disappear (and possibly the entire field) as if it was sliding  
>>> under other (invisible) objects !! that, in fact, do not exist  
>>> there (except the invisible other fields of the group)
>>> For a while, I supposed that this was due to the other fields of  
>>> the group (?), so I set all of them to "transparent" (opaque  
>>> property to false). But that does not work.
>>> What am I doing wrong ? could it be a problem of "group boundary" ??
>>> Is there a solution ?
>>> I hope my explanations are not too unclear !
>>> Thanks a lot in advance for any solution or idea to solve this  
>>> problem
>>
>> Quick guess:
>> Are these fields part of a group,
> YES they are grouped
>> that group is "lockloc"ked
> NO the loc of the group is not locked
>> and the group is smaller (height/width)
>> than the stack/card?
> YES the group is smaller that the stack/card

Well, in that case Devin's hint may be your solution:
Make the group the same dimensions as the card (if applicable).
> I thanks you for your attention and your quick answer

A votre service monsieur :-)

> André

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de