If it happens again you might try cutting it and pasting it onto the card.
On February 26, 2015 6:46:20 PM CST, Kay C Lan <[email protected]> wrote: >Devin, > >Thanks for the response. The problem I was having is that: > >1) Straight up my Next btn was not appearing in the Project Browser >2) To get it to appear I had to select my DataGrid and then select >'Edit >Group' >3) If I then tried to Drag & Drop (or simply Click to select) my Next >btn >the IDE would immediately drop out of 'Edit Group' mode and it would >sort >of freeze up - the ghost of the Next btn would be displaced a couple of >mm >as if it was being dragged but it would then freeze in it's location, >as >soon as I released the mouse btn the PB would go back to it's normal >display of not showing my Next btn - because it was out of Edit Group >mode. > >As it turns out after several hours of frustration I've finally fixed >it. >Just in case anyone else has this problem (or if I get it again and I >need >to search for the solution again) this may work for you. > >In the Application Browser the same as above occurs, normally the >objects >within a DG are not displayed unless you are in Edit Group mode. >Unfortunately you can't Drag and Drop objects around in the AB as you >can >in the PB. What I discovered though was that if I selected my Next btn >in >the AB it did NOT immediately drop the IDE out of Edit Group mode, >which >was what was happening in the PB. Eventually I discovered that with the >Next btn already select via the AB it also showed as selected in the PB >and >now when I tried to Drag and Drop it no long instantaneously dropped >out of >Edit Group mode. I was thus able to drag my Next btn off to another >card >and once there the PB went back to operating normally, I could simply >select my Next btn and drag it anywhere I wanted. > >On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:35 AM, Devin Asay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:36 PM, Kay C Lan <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> > My first real play with Datagrids and I have to say I'm very >impressed. >> > After sorting out the display and getting the first set of data >into the >> DG >> > (which all went very smoothly - much better than expected) I went >to >> > implement a Next and Previous buttons to move through chunks of >data. To >> do >> > this I duplicated the Next and Previous btns on a different Card >and then >> > using the Project Browser dragged the duplicates, one at a time, to >the >> > Card with the DG. Unfortunately, for reasons I can't explain, the >> Previous >> > btn ended up on the Card, but the Next btn ended up as part of the >DG. >> > >> > I've now spent quite a lot of time trying to drag the Next btn out >of >> the DG >> > and onto the Card but with no success. The 'owner' is a read only >> property >> > and there is no hint on how to scriptually achieve a change of >ownership. >> > >> > I'm looking at the Menu -> Object -> Ungroup Selected with fear and >> boding. >> > Foolishly I didn't start my DG experiment with 2 fields and an >image as >> per >> > the online Lesson, but with 56 fields and some graphics in a rather >> complex >> > split level display. Looking at the Application/Project Browser I >see >> there >> > are A LOT of objects associated with my DG that I didn't put there. >So >> > admitting I have no clue as to the internal workings of the DG the >last >> > thing I want to do is Ungroup Selected and have it all break. >> > >> > Any help very much appreciated. >> >> Kay, >> >> Have you tried looking at the DG components in the Project Browser? >It >> would allow you to see all of the internal components without >ungrouping >> it. You should also be able to see the errant Next button and drag it >out >> of the DG group. >> >> HTH >> >> Devin >> >> Devin Asay >> Office of Digital Humanities >> Brigham Young University >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >[email protected] >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
