Can a widget be in the background?

Thu Mar 24 11:19:57 EDT 2016

I guess I'd have to call myself a moderately experienced user, but still learning. The way I found out about how to set a group as a background was through the nice dp16 tutorial. But then, the next time I tried to make a background control, I had forgotten. I went back through the tutorial and saw how to do it. But since I was working with an existing stack, I didn't know how to get it placed on other cards. Thanks to the generous comment of Scott, I got it. 

There will always be a need for a list like this. There will also be a need for some overview materials that are a bit longer than dictionary entries, that briefly explain how to do specific operations. The lessons on the livecode site are very good at that, but sometimes not advanced enough.

I really appreciate the help and patience of experts and non-experts on this list. 
Thanks, all,
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Mar 24, 2016, at 6:46 AM, Roland Huettmann <roland.huettmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, it is true, but not too transparent to new users, and even some more
> experienced users need to really study first.
> 
> I was thinking that in edit mode and without having to check the Property
> Inspector there could be a visual hint about a groups behaviour (background
> icon or color). A tool tip in edit mode could also supply information with
> how many cards this background group is shared with.
> 
> The question is how to make this sharing more intuitive and obvious to new
> users for groups of one or more controls.
> 
>> On 24 March 2016 at 08:39, Tore Nilsen <tore.nilsen at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>> A group with the background behaviour will appear on each new card you
>> create after you have made the group. If you know you are going to need a
>> background on many cards, then make the background group on the first card,
>> before you add the rest of the cards.
>> 
>> Tore
>>> 24. mar. 2016 kl. 06.02 skrev Earthednet-wp <prothero at earthednet.org>:
>>> 
>>> Scott,
>>> Thanks! You are the man!
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> William Prothero
>>> http://es.earthednet.org
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Use "Place Group" under the Object menu to place the group on any card
>>>> that doesn't already have it.  If you copy and paste, you'll wind up
>> with
>>>> multiple copies of the group, instead of one group shared across
>> multiple
>>>> cards.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>> Creative Director
>>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/23/16, 8:06 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of William Prothero"
>>>> <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
>>>> prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Please excuse me for the trivial questions. I found that a group can
>> be a
>>>>> shared background object.
>>>>> But, I¹m wondering if for a stack with quite a few cards, a new group
>>>>> with a shared background setting will only appear on new cards.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I create a new stack with several cards, load several UI elements on
>>>>> the first card, group them, then set them to ³Background Behavior²,
>> they
>>>>> do not show up on all of the existing cards.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, is there a way to make that background group then show up on all
>>>>> cards? Or, is it simply a matter of copying that group to each card
>> that
>>>>> I want it on and setting ³Shared behavior² in the inspector?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Bill
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 4:37 PM, William Prothero <
>> prothero at earthednet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I¹m about the replace a menubar with the menubar widget in DP16. What
>>>>>> I¹m wondering is if this can be set up so it¹s on every card, like
>>>>>> objects can.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> William Prothero, Ph.D.
>>>>>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus
>>>>>> prothero at earthednet.org
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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