Clipping a group by script

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Tom,

> Am 12.10.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Klaus,
> 
> its
> 
> set the layerClipRect ...

"layerClipRect"? 
To be honest I never heard this before, so thanks a bunch! :-D

> 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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