LockLocation of a group

[Pete]

Interesting.  I closed the card and re-opened it and the group did resize as
you suggested.

Thanks,
Pete
Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>




On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 6:44 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 4/10/11 6:41 PM, Pete wrote:
>
>> I vaguely remember a discussion about this once before but I need to ask
>> about this again.
>>
>> The dictionary says "If the *lockLocation* of a group is false, the group
>> is
>> automatically resized when the objects in it are moved, resized, hidden,
>> or
>> shown."  I'm not seeing that behavior.  I have a combobox menu in a group
>> and the group's lockloc is false.  When I resize the combobox, as as it
>> hits
>> the boundary of the group, that parts of it that would be outside the
>> group
>> disappear.
>>
>> Am I misunderstanding something or is the dictionary wrong?
>>
>
> The size change won't be visible until the group needs to be redrawn on
> screen. As mentioned, give one of the objects a little nudge, or else just
> leave the card and come back. (Haven't tried it, but just locking and then
> unlocking the screen might do it too.) Unlocked images behave the same way,
> and it can be a surprise when you return to the card to see that your
> unlocked image has suddenly grown huge.
>
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