At 11:21 AM -0800 2/1/2002, Steve Messimer wrote:
>Selecting a grp is weird.  I would expect that when I hilite the components
>of a group that the group properties window will appear.  Sometimes it does.
>Other times I get a properties window that is looking at a collection of
>objects that are not a grp. ( this is very useful at times when I want to
>change properties on a bunch of similar objects that are not grouped ) The
>problem here is that I am expecting to make changes in the grp NOT its
>individual components.

To select a group when you click any of its members, uncheck "Select
Grouped Controls" in the Edit menu (or click the "SGC" tab on the toolbar
to turn it off). This sets the selectGroupedControls property to false,
meaning that a click is taken for the group as a whole, not the specific
object.

To reverse this and select the control you clicked (whether it's part of a
group or not), switch the option back. At this point, when you click a
control, the control's own properties will be shown (not the group's).


>The overview window needs the to be able to be resized

It's definitely on the requesxts list.


>Occasionally my properties windows do things that seem strange. The most
>irritating of these is a property window's propensity to loose some of its
>tabs from time to time.  I suspect that this may not be a bug but rather a
>feature.  Anyway it is very annoying.  This is particularly an issue with
>fields ... and buttons to a lesser degree.  I find that the missing tabs can
>sometimes be found on the color tools palette ... what the ...!
>
>If this is a feature would someone please explain why this happens and How I
>can avoid it in the future.

There is a feature that you might be running into: namely that it's
possible to drag tabs from one to another properties palette, or detach
them into separate palettes.

For example, you can drag the Colors tab onto the main properties palette
by opening both palettes, grabbing the little textured area below the word
"Colors" on the tab, and dragging over the main properties palette. The
Colors window then shows up as a tab in the main palette, instead of in its
own palette.

You can grab a tab in the same way and drag it out of any palette in order
to make it an independent palette of its own.


>Despite all this I had a wonderful time making stuff with RR today.  I love
>it! Started work on an Educational development plug-in today.  I'm pumped!!
>:-)

Well good! ;-)

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Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.runrev.com/
Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer!


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