LockLoc and grab

[Bob Sneidar]

I’m suspecting now that he may be under the impression that the way to remove a control from a group is to drag it outside the group’s boundary. If so then this is not the case. The way I do it is I cut the control, click somewhere on the card, then paste the control again. 

Alternatively you can download and use the exceptional utility revNavigator, which allows you to drag a control in the list it maintains onto or out of a group. It also makes reordering controls and groups very easy. 

Bob S


> On Jan 23, 2024, at 8:42 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Aha.
> 
> I did not see that you meant a single button in its own group. But it would not matter if I did the same with a control within a larger group of controls. And it does not matter if the lockLoc of the group is set or not.
> 
> So is your question “Why does the control disappear when it is dragged outside the group rect?” In other words, "why does it not just keep going in full view?”
> 
> I am not sure, but maybe being outside its group means it is nowhere at all?
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 22, 2024, at 8:02 PM, David Epstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> A group with lockLoc set to false does not resize itself when an object in it is moved by a “grab” command.  Is this a bug?  Is there a simple workaround?
>> 
>> Recipe using 10.0.0 dp6 on an intel Mac:  
>> 
>> Create a button with this script:  
>> on mouseDown; grab me; end mouseDown.  
>> Group the button.  Confirm that the group’s lockLoc property is false.  Then with the browse tool, drag the button past the edge of the group.  The button disappears.
>> 
>> David Epstein
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