On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Ken Bowen wrote:
> > > > I've been using vtcl for a few weeks now. One (of a few) thing that
> > > > I haven't figured out is what the "insert" is all about.
> > OK, I think I see now.
> >
> > When I click on a widget, such as a button or text widget, its _parent_
> > becomes the insertion point. Then, if I click on Options/SetInsert, the
> > widget _itself_ becomes the insertion point. Not that I can think of a
> > way to use this yet, but at least I see what it does. Thanks!
> >
> It's very useful if the widget you just inserted is a frame widget
> which you will use to group subsidiary widgets; you can use this
> recursively....
Well, doesn't it do this by default?
Whenever I add a frame, this frame becomes the insert, and I can
add a bunch of widgets to this frame (buttons, text, labels) and
they all go to this frame.
After I click on a _widget_, (to edit attributes for example), I
do find myself often using the "Select Parent" option on the
right mouse button to get from a widget back to its containing
parent in order to add more widgets (eg: pasting more buttons after
setting the attributes and "Edit/Copying" the first button).
I just don't ever seem to have to "Set Insert".
What is the exact sequence of events that I haven't realized, that shows
some use of "Set Insert"?
...RickM...
