'manual' Copy and paste of multiple objects to new card ungroups grouped objects

[David V Glasgow]

Thank you so much Randy! 

 It never occurred to me that select group mode would apply in this way, but of course it makes perfect sense!

Ah well, back to the grindstone.

Thanks again,

David G

> On 13 Oct 2017, at 1:15 pm, Randy Hengst via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> They way I’ve done this is to select the whole group before copying… tuning on “Select Group” rather than the individual controls. That has worked fine… scripts are kept.
> 
> randy
> 
>> On Oct 13, 2017, at 5:33 AM, David V Glasgow via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Morning folks,
>> 
>> I am on Mac OS 10.12 and using LC 7.1.4
>> 
>> I have been using the IDE menu to copy large numbers of controls from one card to another card (which is a substack of a different main stack).  It all looks good, but after doing this for some time, I discovered that all groups are disappearing, along with any associated scripts.  The once grouped objects don’t disappear, so at first sight everything looks hunky dory, but actually is badly broken.
>> 
>> I have searched in the usual places, but can’t see any references to this.
>> 
>> Is this expected behaviour?  Is there any way to preserve groups in a ‘manual’ copy-paste operation?
>> 
>> 
>> Best Wishes,
>> David Glasgow
>> 
>> 
>> <http://www.i-psych.co.uk/> <https://twitter.com/iPsychApps>
>> 
>> <https://twitter.com/iPsychApps> <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidvglasgow>
>> <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidvglasgow>
>> _______________________________________________
>> use-livecode mailing list
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
> 
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode