Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive

[Richard Gaskin]

james at thehales.id.au wrote:

 > Jacque wrote:
 >> I agree with the concept in general, but the word "crop" implies
 >> permanent removal. When you crop an image, it permanently erases the
 >> parts outside the rectangle. Unfortunately I can't think of a better
 >> term. Maybe something like "prevent auto-resizing"?
 >
 > Actually it doesn't (in practice).
 > Many of the apps I use, use a non destructive crop.
 > That is, the viewable area is reduced to the crop but the full object
 > is still there.

It varies by app, but it may be worth noting that in LiveCode we have a 
crop command, and it permanently erases the area outside the crop rect.

I know it may sound geeky, but maybe describing the clipsToRect with the 
verb "clips" may not be bad.

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