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Re: Does the IDE support having controls on >1 layers

• Posted by Andrew Katz <Akatz712 at gmail.com> Mar 18, 2007
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Judith Evans wrote:
> 
> Andrew Katz wrote:
> > 
> > Lets say I have layers A,B,C and I want control X to be on layers A & B and
> > not on layer C.
> > 
> > No big deal if it does not have it in the IDE, since from what I can see,
> > layers are just sequences of controls, which I can do myself.
> > 
> > The biggest headache so far with layers is that when I add controls, it
> > will SOMETIMES assign them to groups in the other layers! This is something
> > you should fix!
> > 
> > Andy Katz
> 
> \Andy, let me explain IDE's use of Layering. Layering allows you to indicate
> controls that might swap visibility or enability with other controls in
> another
> layer. An example would be a group control that might contain different radio
> controls under program direction. To do this you would place the group in
> layer
> 0, one set of group child controls in layer 1 and the other in layer 2. Both
> sets of child controls are parented by the group control. Control parenting
> crosses layers for this reason but might assign parenting when you don't
> intend
> for it to happen; you may change the parent of any control on any layer using
> the Properties call 'Parent'. Select one of the dropdowns. What case do you
> have that a control should be in more than one layer?
> 
> Dan Moyer requested control layering and perhaps he will chime in with more
> information from the user's standpoint. Dan?
> 
> judith evans

I apologize for my confusion about layers. I actually should have been using
tabs correctly. When I switch from one tab to another, it shows the controls
which are on that tab. This is what I though layers was going to do for me.
I know that tabs is a windows thing and layers is just in the IDE.

I am still not sure if I can make my tabs of different sizes, so that some
controls can be on 2 of my tabs and not the third. I will let you know
when I get to this issue.

However, I still have a huge problem with the IDE. The parent of a control
in the IDE acts in a very quirky way. I cannot assign the parent I want
until I move the controls just right. Many times I have had to start over
and move the controls back into groups one at a time. I would suggest that
the IDE does not try to guess what parent each control should have, but the
parent drop down should include all of the controls.

Andy Katz