Moving object out of a group

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I believe that I’ve also used cut to get things out of groups by scripting the past.

> On Jun 15, 2020, at 11:48 AM, 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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