Re: Adding items to a group

2020-08-26 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Whilst Mark provided what Phil needed, I too cannot believe how easy and reliable Geoff's Navigator is. I use it for everything. When I need an Inspector a double-click on a line in Navigator brings it up. I love it. On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 7:14 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <

Re: Adding items to a group

2020-08-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Also, Geoff Canyon wrote a GREAT utility called Navigator, which among other things, allows you to drag objects around in a hierarchical list. If you drag an object in a group to somewhere outside that group, into another group let’s say, it does all the relaying for you. I cannot tell you how

Re: Adding items to a group

2020-08-26 Thread Jimmieson, Phil via use-livecode
Thanks very much Mark, the relayer command is exactly what I needed. relayer field “xx” to the front of group “thePoem” —adds the field to the poem group at the top of the group relayer field “xx” after group “thePoem” —removes the field from the poem group and leaves it in front of the group

Re: Adding items to a group

2020-08-26 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2020-08-26 10:06, Jimmieson, Phil via use-livecode wrote: One thing I’m considering is having a set of dummy hidden items already in the group and making one of those look like the word the user just dragged in - thus it’s already a member of the group and can be scrolled etc with the rest.

Adding items to a group

2020-08-26 Thread Jimmieson, Phil via use-livecode
Hi folks, The app I’m currently working on features a poem presented as a series of fields (each containing one word of the poem) all grouped together, so that the poem can be scrolled vertically by the user. I need to be able to add extra words to the poem as the user drags them in from a set