On 1/15/04 11:58 PM, "Jan Schenkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would like to have a single card with a text field >> and a place to draw >> graphics (I have too many windows open and it is >> getting cumbersome). >> >> But when a graphics tool is selected it can draw >> anywhere on the card. >> >> Is there a way of restricting the graphics drawing >> so it can only draw in >> the region defined by a field? >> >> Thanks, >> >> doug >> > > Hi Doug, > > Sorry to disappoint you, but there is currently no way > of restricting the graphic to a certain region on the > card. > I believe an enhancement request has been made along > the lines of > set the tool of group x to "graphic" > But no idea how soon that will be implemented. > > The only way to accomplish that I can see right now, > is by emulating the tools yourself, under the browse > tool. > But this can get very complicated because you'll have > to handle _everything_ by script : > - starting to track on mouseDown > - resize dynamically on mouseMove > - tweak on mouseUp / mouseRelease > And then there's the fun of emulating the pointer tool > to produce a 'marquee' while dragging as you hold down > the mouse. > > If I were you, I'd wait for the feature to be > implemented. > > Jan Schenkel. Thanks for your note, Jan. is there any way then to restrict graphics from being drawn on just certain stacks and not others? I would want people to draw on a "canvas" stack but not on top of a stack where they are supposed to enter text into a field. doug _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
