Viewing Large Images Using Groups and Adding Buttons to the Map Group?

[Scott Rossi]

Hi John:

Maybe this is a start for what you're trying to do:
{in your message box)

go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/dragscroll.rev"

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design


Recently, John Patten wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> I have a few questions about large images, buttons and groups....
> 
> I have a card that I want to place a large map image on. I know I can
> put it into a group, size the group,  and turn the scroll bars on to
> navigate the large image.
> 
> Is it possible to navigate map in a group with just by dragging/Grab
> me? Similar to what you might due on a tablet and iOS/Android? I need
> to be able to navigate the image and have my button markers stick to
> the image not float on top.
> 
> Now, if I attach a "grab me" to the image, the image moves but the
> button marker float above. If i attach a grab me to the group, the
> whole group moves but not the map. Ideas?
> 
> 
> Also, if i want to add cd buttons to the map group one at a time, how
> would I go about doing that?
> 
> Lock screen
> set the rect of group "map" to the rect of image "largeMapImage"
> put 1 into x
> repeat 5
> 
> add cd button x to group "map" of cd 1 -- this does not seem to work
> for me???
> 
> set the loc of cd button x to line x of tListofLocations -- retrieving
> the loc coordinations from a database and storing them in tListLocations
> add 1 to x
> end repeat
> 
> (Most importantly, how do I add buttons to a the map group, with out
> throwing off the locs of the  current button markers in the group.)
> 
> The buttons need to be buttons  because they are used to navigate to
> information regarding that specific location on the map and some can
> change their loc via user placement (grab me).
> 
> In order to do what I want to do, is it only possible by assigning the
> buttons to the map group (?) and then using the scroll bars of the
> group to navigate the map? Would that work inside iOS and Android
> (that = group scroll bars) too?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> John Patten
> SUSD
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