Reorder fields

[Bob Sneidar]

Also good time to mention revNavigator where the grouping would be immediately obvious and you can drag to reorder. 

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> On Jul 29, 2023, at 15:22, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> One trick to this is that objects are included into a group if
> relayerGroupedControls is set to true and the layer of the control is set
> to the layer above the group. Meaning that if you have this arrangement:
> 
> stack "Untitled 1"
> card id 1002
> |  group id 1005 (1005)
> |  |  button "Button" (1006)
> |  |  button "Button" (1004)
> |  button "Button" (1003)
> |  button "test" (1007)
> 
> put the layer of button "test"
> -- puts 5
> 
> set relayergroupedcontrols to false;set the layer of button "test" to 4
> 
> This is now the arrangement:
> 
> stack "Untitled 1"
> card id 1002
> |  group id 1005 (1005)
> |  |  button "Button" (1006)
> |  |  button "Button" (1004)
> |  button "test" (1007)
> |  button "Button" (1003)
> 
> put the layer of button "test"
> -- puts 4
> 
> Button "test" is immediately above the group, but not in the group
> 
> set relayergroupedcontrols to true;set the layer of button "test" to 4
> 
> Now the arrangement is:
> 
> stack "Untitled 1"
> card id 1002
> |  group id 1005 (1005)
> |  |  button "Button" (1006)
> |  |  button "Button" (1004)
> |  |  button "test" (1007)
> |  button "Button" (1003)
> 
> put the layer of button "test"
> -- puts 4
> 
> The layer of button "test" didn't change, but now it is in the group -- and
> the topmost object in the group.
> 
> I learned this the hard way through much experimentation building
> Navigator. Getting drag-and-drop relayering right with selection of
> multiple objects, and discontiguous selections, in and out of groups, is
> *painful*, and I've done it several times now...
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 10:46 AM Martin Koob via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi MarkwI did not see your later post that the fields were grouped.  My
>> scenario was just the most basic case of fields on a card.  I guess it
>> would work if all the fields were in 1 group but having fields in different
>> groups certainly complicates things. Cool solution though.  I wasn’t aware
>> of the relayerGroupedControls option.  Reading the entry in the Dictionary
>> I learned some interesting things about groups and layers.
>> e.g. you can move an object out of a group by setting its layer above the
>> layer of the topmost object in the group or conversely  setting it below
>> the bottommost object in the group. Hmmm…. What could you do with that?
>> 
>> True the old brain needs a bit of a work out once in a while to keep the
>> neurons running.  Thanks for posting your question.
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>>>> On Jul 29, 2023, at 11:00 AM, Mark Smith <marksmithhfx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 29 Jul 2023, at 3:27 pm, Martin Koob via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The two ways I have used are either with the property inspector  or by
>> script.
>>>> 
>>>> Property Inspector
>>>> - click the ‘Position’ tab of the property inspector
>>>> - Change the number in the ‘Layer’ field either directly or by using
>> the arrow keys.
>>> 
>>> Thanks Martin, but as noted, "items won’t relayer if they are grouped
>> and “relayingGroupedControls" is set to false. That was exactly the
>> situation I was in. In my case, field A was grouped with label A, etc so
>> attempting to relayer them failed. I didn’t notice they were grouped
>> because Select Grouped was not chosen in the menu bar. With Select Grouped
>> chosen it’s easy to see the label-field grouping, and then to relayer the
>> groups (not the fields inside the groups) if need be. Or, you can use the
>> PB to do this by just dragging the groups around to relayer them. Finally,
>> there’s a property called relayerGroupedControls which will allow you to
>> relayer objects inside a group. If that had of been “true” instead of the
>> default “false” I would have been able to relayer them in the first
>> instance. But you have to be careful with this option as it can also revise
>> the grouping. BTW, I just tried it (grouped the labels and fields, set the
>> relayerGroupedControls option to true, turned off Select Grouped) and I was
>> able to select the individual fields and relayer them using the Layer field
>> in the Property Inspector. Kinda cool but my goodness you really have to
>> know your stuff to make that manoeuvre happen.
>>> 
>>> But also thank you for the opportunity to discuss this further. It helps
>> with the encoding of this new information into my ageing brain 😊 And also,
>> if I got any of it wrong, please correct me.
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>> 
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