Moving object out of a group

Brian Milby brian at milby7.com
Mon Jun 15 15:10:57 EDT 2020


If the group is expanded in the Project Browser, then it lands inside the group.  If the group is collapsed/closed then it will move between groups.

Thanks,
Brian
On Jun 15, 2020, 2:49 PM -0400, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> two possible, but not great, answers ... but (something like) this has
> worked for me in the past.
>
> 1. - drag/drop the grc rect to the containing group or card (i.e.
> outside the groups it should not be in)
>
>  - drag / drop other groups to before it
>
> 2. - select the group it is in
>
>    - "Ungroup"
>
>    - deselect the rect
>
>    - "Group"
>
> Alex.
>
>
>
> On 15/06/2020 17:31, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This has been a problem for some time now but it's just got so much more
> > frustrating for me. I tend to organise my objects into groups as there are
> > often lots of them and it helps keep them manageable.
> >
> > However, I have created a rectangle grc I need positioning between two
> > group layers but I can never seem to get it to between them but only inside
> > one or the other. It's not easy to describe so I've created a little video
> > to help demonstrate it. -
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/w75fapg0pqcgezg/MoveOutOfGrp.mov?dl=0
> >
> > Ideally, the grc should end up outside of both groups but between them in
> > the list. I've tried drag-drop and by changing the layer number but can't
> > get it to place properly. Is there a way to overcome this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Sean Cole
> > *Pi Digital *
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