Geometry Manager

[Pete]

Thanks Colin.  I read the lesson but still can't get the effect I want.
 Maybe I'm trying to use the geometry manager for something it's not
designed to do?

I have a group on a card that has a number of controls in it.  If the user
resizes the card, I want the group to resize in proportion to the amount
the card is resized and for the vertical/horizontal scrollbars of the group
to become active if any of its controls are outside the boundaries of the
group.

I thought this could make this work by choosing "Scale selected object" and
specifying an absolute or relative link to the right edge of the card (and
the bottom).  But if I resize the card to be narrower, the group doesn't
resize - instead, its left edge is pushed beyond the left edge of the card
and of course the horizontal scrollbar doesn't activate since all the
group's controls are still within its boundaries, even though they are off
the screen.

I've tried linking the group to different combinations of the edges of the
card, other controls, absolute and relative links and no matter how I
resize the card, the group never resizes.

Pete

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Colin Holgate <coiin at verizon.net> wrote:

> It is somewhat abstract. Try this lesson:
>
> http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4067/l/19026-Geometry-Manager
>
>
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 11:07 PM, Pete wrote:
>
> > Are there any lessons/examples/hints anywhere re using up the Geometry
> > settings for an object?  No being a very graphically inclined person, I'm
> > having a hell of a time trying to figure out how to make it work!
>
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