Control ID problem - even stranger

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks for the explanation Scott. I don't think this had anything to do with the original problem I had but I have to admit I was under the impression that control IDs were unique within a stack file, not within each (sub)stack within a stack file.

Pete Haworth

On Mar 25, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Peter:
> 
> The expression "same stack" is key here.  Substacks of a main stack are not
> the same stack.  This is easy to test:  create a new stack, add some
> substacks to it.  If you drag a button into each of the substacks, the ID of
> each button should be 1004, and control ID numbering will start from that
> point, within each stack.
> 
> This is why it's good to reference long IDs of controls, and make sure your
> stacks have unique names.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Recently, Peter Haworth wrote:
> 
>> While looking into this further, I have discovered what I think is another
>> anomaly.  I have two substacks of the same main stack with one card in each
>> one.  Each card has one group on it - the two groups have the same short ID.
>> 
>> The dictionary says that IDs "are guaranteed to be unique within a stack" - I
>> had assumed that no two controls within the same stack file could have the
>> same ID but either that's not true or there's a bug somewhere that caused
>> these two groups to have the same ID.
>> 
>> At this point, I think I will delete all these substacks and start over to see
>> if I still get the same issues.  This is a test stack so not that many
>> controls on them.
>> 
>> Pete Haworth
>> 
>> On Mar 25, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, setting the defaultStack to the name of the substack *should* work.
>>> You may want to check that you're not inadvertently setting focus back to
>>> the main stack somewhere in your scripts.
>>> 
>>> Unless you're constantly changing stack names for some reason, IMO, you're
>>> better off using the long ID of the control.  That way you don't have to
>>> worry about which stack is active or trying to qualify paths.  Don't build
>>> the control's path yourself, just store the long ID of the control in a
>>> custom property of the main stack for example (ie the myImportantControl of
>>> this stack).  That way everything in your stacks will know where the control
>>> is.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Recently, Peter Haworth wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks Scott, that's a possibility, the stack in question is not the
>>>> "front-most" one for sure.  However, shouldn't the defaultStack property
>>>> (which is set to the correct substack) taken care of that?  Or is there some
>>>> other property I can use to qualify the ID?  Since this is a general purpose
>>>> handler that could be called from anywhere in my app, I can't hard code a
>>>> stack name in it
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pete Haworth
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 25, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The only thing I could guess is your substack is not the top stack.  I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> believe LC has ever known to automatically look in substacks for the
>>>>> existence of controls.  LC can have multiple stacks open simultaneously,
>>>>> and
>>>>> can have controls of the same ID in different stacks, so unless the stack
>>>>> with your desired control is front-most, or you use a full stack path, LC
>>>>> won't know where your control is.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>>> Creative Director
>>>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
> 
> 
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