Thanks Paul. That is one of those super helpful tips that is hard to discover on your own. 1 day we need an easily searchable wiki for all this acquired wisdom (but for now I have tucked it away for future reference). Thanks for replying.
Mark > On 28 Jul 2023, at 3:00 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > You can change the layer (order) in the Project Browser in the IDE by just > dragging the objects up or down the list of objects on the card. > > > On 7/28/2023 6:19 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: >> How do you reorder fields? I have a form (prebuilt) with 3 fields (a,b,c) in >> positions 9, 15, 12 (as indicated by the Layer field in the Position tab). >> Tabbing cause these fields to be visited in the order a, c, b whereas I >> would prefer a, b, c. I have tried all manner of editing the Layer field to >> make them be in that order with no success, I’ve variously tried new orders: >> 9,10,11 or 14,15,16 or even 20,21,22 but nothing seems to affect their >> order. It always returns to 9, 15, 12. Lock size and position is not >> checked. I’ve even tried doing this with the Number field in the Advanced >> tab, also without success. Ok, I did find a solution but while it was easy >> for me, it might not be as easy on a more complicated form. I deleted all 3 >> fields. Recreated field A (which was given the starting position of 11) then >> copy pasted two more times creating fields 12 and 13. So this satisfies my >> reorder interest, but seems to me a rather cumbersome and unnecessary >> procedure (if for no other reason than deleting fields also deletes all of >> the “custom” settings on the fields which doubles or triples the amount of >> effort involved). Maybe I am missing something more obvious? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
