And again there is also the number property (used by old timers like Jacque and myself) showing the multiple ways of accomplishing the same task:
"Specifies an object's position within a file, a card's position within a stack, or a control's layer on a card." set the number of card "settings" to <number> Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 6/26/15, 8:11 PM, "Brahmanathaswami" <bra...@hindu.org> wrote: >Richmond: > >"and, were there a reference book that was not just a reprint of the >Dictionary it would be a good thing." > >Have you read the User Guide from cover to cover? > >Page 207 > >7.1.2 Referring to objects by number >A control's number is its layer on the card, from back to front. A >card's number is its >position in the stack. A stack's number is the order of its creation in >the stack file. A main >stack's number is always zero. >You can refer to an object using its object type followed by its number. >For example, to >refer to the third-from-the-back field on a card, use the phrase field 3: >set the backgroundColor of field 3 to blue >To change the number of a card or control, change the Layer box in the >Size & Position >pane of the object's property inspector, or use the set command to >change the object's >layer property: >set the layer of field "Backmost" to 1 >Tip: New objects are always created at the top layer. To refer to an >object you've just >created, use the ordinal last: >Tip: create button >set the name of last button to "My New Button" > >------- > >Now.. while "re-ordering" is not explicity addressed...I think anyone >with "half a brain" (I mostly run on 1/10th of a brain) would figure out >that "layer" is the key word > >and then in the dictionary we have: > >set the layer of the mouseControl to top -- bring to front >set the layer of last card button to 10 >set the layer of player "Splash" to (the number of controls) > > >Use the layer property to change the tab order of controls, or to change >the order of cards within a stack. > > >so... true... documentation is not perfect (I would love to seem more >script examples); > >but it's also not absent as you imply > >BR > > > >Richmond wrote: >> >> Risorgimento . . . >> >> Which is better? The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy or nothing at >>all? >> >> Well, obviously, the former, but only marginally. >> >> Richmond. >> >> [Zaphod Beeblebrox just popped out for 2 sandwiches.] > >_______________________________________________ >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
