LockLoc and grab

[J. Landman Gay]

I can reproduce this in both LC 10 and 9.6.9 but I can't explain it. It's unclear if this is a 
feature or a bug.

On 1/23/24 11:32 AM, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote:
> Let me try to clarify the problem I stated.
> 
> I am not trying to remove the button, I am trying to use the “grab” command to let a user move the button around the window by dragging it.
> 
> If I use a script to “set the loc” of a button to somewhere outside that group’s rectangle
> 	- the group will resize if its lockLoc property is false (thus keeping the relocated button visible);
> 	- but the button will disappear if the group’s lockLoc property is true.
> 
> But when I use the “grab” command to relocate the button outside the group’s current rectangle the group does not resize even if its lockLoc property is false.
> 
> 
> 
>> 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.
>>

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