Oh! Right! It would mess up all the other siblings for a grid or layout. I forgot about that part.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 6:38 AM Ralph Versteegen via Ohrrpgce < ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org> wrote: > That sounds problematic for grid and layout slices: although you could > adjust the child's x/y so that it doesn't move, all the other children > would, and if you similarly adjust all of their positions so that they > don't move either, well, the result is quite absurd. It would be a far > better idea to instead implement z-ordering of slices, which could be used > to cause one child to appear above the others, as well as an incredibly > diverse array of other uses. I want to implement that but I think > "z-ordering" is a problematic name, and I'm not sure how/whether it should > interact with existing walkabout and BattleSprite Z and slice autosorting. > > On Tue, 13 Sept 2022 at 22:02, James Paige <b...@hamsterrepublic.com> > wrote: > >> I was tempted to also make "gently" versions of the commands like "slice >> to back" or "move slice above" but didn't get around to it. They would be >> useful for grids and layouts >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 11:53 PM Ralph Versteegen <teeem...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> At least it's a convention, used consistently by all of two commands (I >>> think) :) >>> >>> Making up new jargon seems to be unavoidable. >>> >>> On Sat, 10 Sept 2022 at 12:22, James Paige via Ohrrpgce < >>> ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org> wrote: >>> >>>> This might also be my new favorite terrible naming convention :D >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 8:21 PM subversion--- via Ohrrpgce < >>>> ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> james >>>>> 2022-09-09 17:21:42 -0700 (Fri, 09 Sep 2022) >>>>> 170 >>>>> Add "gently reparent" command, alternative to "set parent" but that >>>>> preserves screen position >>>>> >>>>> This is similar to how slices are reparented in the slice collection >>>>> editor >>>>> --- >>>>> U wip/docs/plotdict.xml >>>>> U wip/docs/plotdictionary.html >>>>> U wip/plotscr.hsd >>>>> U wip/whatsnew.txt >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ohrrpgce mailing list >>>>> ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org >>>>> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ohrrpgce mailing list >>>> ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org >>>> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ > Ohrrpgce mailing list > ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org > http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >
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