Re: Tied up in Layers …..

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Kay,
If you would like a GUI approach, try my lcStackBrowser plugin.  You can
relayer controls by dragging and dropping them within the list of controls
on card.  No need to worry about layer numbers that way, just drag them to
where they belong based on your knowledge of the layout.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon <effendi at wanadoo.fr>wrote:

> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> I'v written a stack with many phases of execution,
> and have literally dozens of fields and buttons on
> layers assigned by LiveCode when created.
>
> Some of these objects are "shown" when they should
> be "invisible" behind objects on a higher layer.
> Others are "hidden" when they should be "visible"
> in front of objects on a lower layer.
>
> I hope I make myself clear……..
>
> Instead of manually shifting all these objects to
> suitable layers, and driving myself bonkers in the
> process, I have two questions :
>
> 1 - Can I list the current layer of all objects in
>     my card, with a script ?
> 2 - Can I then set the layers of the objects by a
>     script, to put them into layers convenient to
>     me.
>
> Documentation SEEMS to specify that I can "Get" a
> layer number for an object, but can't "Set" it.
>
> Any solutions ?
>
> -Francis
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