Relayering grouped groups

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Tue Dec 8 15:49:25 EST 2009


Recently, David Glasgow wrote:

> I want users to be able to click on an image and have it come to the front,
> relative to the other images.  Obviously the controls within the group
> containing the image needs to move en mass bounded by the layers contained
> within the owning group.  For good reasons, the owning group is not the top
> most layer, and may shuffle forward and back during use.
> 
> I can understand why this would be a bit tricky within a script, but I am just
> getting nowhere.  I had assumed that as long as I knew the range of layers
> contained within the owning group, I would be able to shuffle owned groups
> around within that range.  Doesn't seem to be so.

Trevor DeVore posted a great library back in May that solves this.
http://n4.nabble.com/Relayer-Groups-Within-Group-td343083.html#a343083

Look for "Relayer Selected Control" in the Utility category of RevOnline.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design





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