how to ungroup a group of one

Pete pete at mollysrevenge.com
Thu Jul 7 13:31:18 EDT 2011


I gotta take a look at that - I find groups, particularly nested groups,
particularly frustrating to to maintain using the IDE.
Pete
Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>




On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:52 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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