clipsToRect property (was Re: Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive)

[J. Landman Gay]

I wonder why we have both lockUpdates and boundingRect. They seem very 
similar.

On 6/13/17 7:54 PM, Scott Rossi via use-livecode wrote:
> Keep in mind, there’s also the lockUpdates property of groups, which while differing mechanically “under the hood”, essentially causes the same perceived result — while enabled, a group’s rect is not changed when its child objects are resized/repositioned.
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> I don’t know how all these are verbosely named since I also use the default property names.
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> Regards,
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> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
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>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>>> Yes, in essence. If you have a group and set the clipsToRect property to true (there’s no way to set it in the PI yet—that’s what I’m going to add), you can then change the rect of the group, and the group will *not* automatically reset its rect to the size of the child controls + margin. It is persistent, even if you leave the card or close the stack. Yet the group’s position and size remains unlocked so you can quickly select and change the group’s rect if you want. A nice feature when you need it.
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>>> ClipsToRect is the property name. So what “plain language” label do you think would be best for the PI?
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>> How about “Prevent auto-resize of rect”?
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>>> Devin
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>>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
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>>> So it's about manually updating the rect vs. having it in an auto-update mode?
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>>> Phil Davis
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>>> On 6/13/17 3:01 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote:
>>> So far I’m kind of partial to Scott R’s “Persistent rect”. Conversely, it could be something like “Auto-update rect”, but then the checkbox would be opposite the property setting. That’s almost as bad as something like dontUpdateRect. (Sorry, Scott, plug your ears.)
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>>> Devin
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>>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 3:34 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com><mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
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>>> On 6/13/17 4:17 PM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode wrote:
>>> or
>>> ‘Clip Group to rect’
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>>> There are a few others like that, where the explanation is just the original term (or close) with spaces added. I always felt that didn't explain much. But the suggestion does have company in the PI.
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>> Devin Asay
>> Director
>> Office of Digital Humanities
>> Brigham Young University
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