Thanks Larry. I tried your suggestion but it has the same problem as using an image - buttons underneath the button are blocked but fields can still be used.
I guess I'll have to stick with disabling each group when necessary. Wish there was a way to affect the background color of a disabled group but don't think there is. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:19 AM, <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote: > Hi Peter, > I'm not sure what you're exactly looking for in "looks" but I just now > made a little test stack with colored buttons. > You can adjust the blendlevel so that the group is as opaque or as > transparent as you wish it to be. > That's one idea. > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> > To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 10:20 AM > Subject: Usng an image to "disable" a group > > > I have a stack with a series of groups on it. I need to control the order >> in which data is entered into the groups. The obvious/easy way is to >> enable/disable the groups as needed but I'm not happy with the way groups >> look when they are disabled. >> >> I vaguely remember a thread about using images to do this since clicks >> within the image don't make it through to the underlying controls. When I >> tried this, clicks on buttons that were under the image did not trigger >> any >> mouse events on them, as hoped, but field controls still get focus and I >> can type into them. >> >> It seems like this isn't going to work so looking for other ways to >> achieve >> this without having to go through every control in the group and adjusting >> their properties to disable them. Alternatively, is there a way to >> control >> how a group looks when it is disabled? >> >> Pete >> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and >> SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
