how to ungroup a group of one

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Thu Jul 7 03:53:39 EDT 2011


If that doesn't fix it, then try putting a link to your stack online and
some of us may be able to help find the problem.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Chipp Walters <chipp at chipp.com> wrote:

> Slava,
>
> Chances are it is ungrouped, but just not displaying correctly in the
> Application Browser. Try hitting the refresh button at the bottom of the
> Application Browser tree and the App Browser will show again the current
> group structure.
>
> This bug is why I wrote the Group Manager plugin for LiveCode:
> http://blog.chipp.com/update-to-group-manager-plugin-for-livecode/
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Slava Paperno <slava at lexiconbridge.com>wrote:
>
>> I have somehow created a group that contains one object, a button. I think
>> I
>> grouped two objects and then  deleted one of them or something. Anyway,
>> this
>> group that contains one button is indestructible. Clicking the Ungroup
>> button when it is selected, or using the "ungroup group id X" command
>> displays no errors, but the group is still there.
>>
>> To make it even funnier, that indestructible group is a member of another
>> group:
>>
>> put the name of control 6 of group "navigation"
>> --group "UnintendedGroupOfOne"
>>
>> select control 6 of group "navigation"
>> ungroup the selectedObjects
>> put the name of control 6 of group "navigation"
>> --group "UnintendedGroupOfOne"
>>
>> This defies what the Dictionary says: "Use the ungroup command to change
>> the
>> constituents of a group, or to turn grouped controls into card controls."
>>
>> Any cure for that?
>>
>> Slava
>>
>>
>>
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>
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