group a single object?

Chipp Walters chipp at altuit.com
Tue May 11 02:03:55 EDT 2010


Can't you also:

group  img 1
set the name of it to "mySpecialGrp"

.?? 

Chipp Walters
CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc

On May 11, 2010, at 12:23 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Recently, Nicolas Cueto wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to group a single object?
>> 
>> Something like:
>> 
>>   select image "img1"
>>   group image "img1"
>>   put the ID of the last group into tID
>>   set the name of group tID to "gpImg1"
> 
> You shouldn't need to select anything, you can just write:
> 
>  group image "img1"
> 
> When it comes to groups, however, you can't count on the word "last" to
> refer to the last group on the card (if the group you want is nested within
> another group, for example).  I believe there's a bug report or 2 in the
> RQCC about this, but one workaround is to use the templateGroup and
> establish a name before grouping the object/s.  Like:
> 
> set the name of the templateGroup to "mySpecialGroup"
> group image "img1"
> reset the templateGroup
> 
> You can then refer to the group by name, rather than "last".
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
> 
> 
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