Keep in mind, there’s also the lockUpdates property of groups, which while differing mechanically “under the hood”, essentially causes the same perceived result — while enabled, a group’s rect is not changed when its child objects are resized/repositioned.
I don’t know how all these are verbosely named since I also use the default property names. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > On Jun 13, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> >> On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, in essence. If you have a group and set the clipsToRect property to >> true (there’s no way to set it in the PI yet—that’s what I’m going to add), >> you can then change the rect of the group, and the group will *not* >> automatically reset its rect to the size of the child controls + margin. It >> is persistent, even if you leave the card or close the stack. Yet the >> group’s position and size remains unlocked so you can quickly select and >> change the group’s rect if you want. A nice feature when you need it. >> >> ClipsToRect is the property name. So what “plain language” label do you >> think would be best for the PI? > > How about “Prevent auto-resize of rect”? > >> >> Devin >> >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: >> >> So it's about manually updating the rect vs. having it in an auto-update >> mode? >> >> Phil Davis >> >> >> On 6/13/17 3:01 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: >> So far I’m kind of partial to Scott R’s “Persistent rect”. Conversely, it >> could be something like “Auto-update rect”, but then the checkbox would be >> opposite the property setting. That’s almost as bad as something like >> dontUpdateRect. (Sorry, Scott, plug your ears.) >> >> Devin >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2017, at 3:34 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com><mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >> wrote: >> >> On 6/13/17 4:17 PM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode wrote: >> or >> ‘Clip Group to rect’ >> >> There are a few others like that, where the explanation is just the original >> term (or close) with spaces added. I always felt that didn't explain much. >> But the suggestion does have company in the PI. > > Devin Asay > Director > Office of Digital Humanities > Brigham Young University > _______________________________________________ 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
