Pete, I use Scott's method and it works v well on mobile.
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Scott Morrow Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:57 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Moving controls smoothly around the screen Hello Pete, I use Animation Engine for a lot of stuff, but for sliding something up or down (iOS & Android only), sometimes this works well: lock screen for visual effect in rect x,y -- reposition object here unlock screen with visual effect scroll down very fast -- Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com office 1-800-615-0867 ------------------------------------------------------ On Apr 13, 2013, at 5:59 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > I have a stack with a number of buttons and groups on it,all > vertically aligned. The groups are initially hidden so the screen > looks like it has a series of buttons on it. > > When a button is clicked, I need to move all the objects underneath > down to make room for the hidden group associated with the button to be displayed. > > Also have the same situation (but in reverse) when a button is clicked > and its group is already visible. In that case, I need to hide the > group and slide all the objects under it up to fill the gap. > > I use the "show group ... with visual effect" command to smoothly > reveal the group (hide group... with visual effect to hide it) but I'm > stuck on how to move the other objects in an equally smooth way. > Ideally, I'd like them to move in lock step with the group. > > I've tried various forms of the move command and settings of the > lockMove property but can't seem to get it to work, probably because > I'm not understanding all the options. After the group is > shown/hidden, the rest of the objects just snap to their new positions rather than move smoothly. > > It's almost like I need the move command to have a "with visual effect" > option. I have a horrible feeling this is going to involve a bunch of > repeat loops to move objects around in small increments at specified > intervals but clinging to the hope the there might be anLC built-in > way to do it. > > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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
