Alex, I think that Mark solution is the correct one but I couldn't resist telling you some other idea, one that is only applicable if performance is not a problem.
You can add custom properties to controls you want to find later and then look for them by looping everyone in the card. A reusable short function can be created with whatever letter you want, like "q", and code similar to this: function q selector, value repeat with x = 1 to the number of controls in this card if the selector of control x of this card is value then return the long id of control x of this card end if end repeat end function And then you can go: put q("blue-rect", "true") into tLongID You can even have something like "qq" that returns a list of long ids for all the controls that match that query. Caching these results is the best architecture, on preOpenCard you can find all the controls you'll need and place them in script local arrays, then all the functions that need them can peek into those arrays. It is a bit convoluted but allows for some clever programming. Remembering that "clever" is one of the trickster spirits of the software development world. Best A On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 01:33, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I think my head is melting :-) > > I have a group called 'A'. > > Inside A, there is a rect called "R" and also a group called "B" > > inside B there is a rect called "R" > > How do I refer unambiguously to the first rectangle (i.e. A - R, not A - > B - R) ? > > If I say > grc "R" of grp "B" of grp A > then I unambiguously get A-B-R; but if I say simply > grc "R" of grp "A" > then I *also* get A-B-R. > > There must be a way to do this (and maybe if it wasn't nearly 2 in the > morning I would be able to figure it out). > > Help! Please ! > > Alex. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- https://www.andregarzia.com <http://www.andregarzia.com> Want to support me? Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/andregarzia _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode