Clipping a group by script

[Tom Glod]

Klaus,

its

set the layerClipRect ...

On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 2:16 PM Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Randy,
>
> > Am 12.10.2024 um 20:09 schrieb Randy Hengst via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> >
> > What about something like this?
>
> what exactly?
> 
> >
> > take care,
> > randy
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 11, 2024, at 11:34 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >>> Am 11.10.2024 um 18:29 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> >>>
> >>> Understood, but if he wants to set the rect of the group so that all
> the objects fit inside it, or at least from top to bottom, he should be
> able to get the rect of the group, then set the second and fourth items to
> the min and max of the other objects in the group. I think he has to set
> the locLoc to true first.
> >>
> >> already tried this, does not work, it will always crop/clip the bottom
> of the group.
> >>
> >> I think I will either set the MARGINS for TOP and BOTTOM of the group
> to negative values.
> >> Or just resize the group and set the scroll to the neccessary amount,
> thanks Craig!
> >>
> >>> Bob S
> >>>
> >>>> On Oct 11, 2024, at 9:24 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob.
> >>>> I do not know why Klaus wants to truncate his groups, but I suspect
> it has nothing to do with fitting them onto the card.
> >>>>
> >>>> Craig
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Oct 11, 2024, at 11:44 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hmmm… I wrote a handler to determine the rect of all the visible
> objects on a card so I can set the stack rect to that plus margins. It
> involved getting the left, top, right and bottom as seperate values, of
> every visible object, then determining the min and max of each set of
> values as needed. You should be able to something similar.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bob S
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
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