Dummy object

massung · Post by **massung** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:53 pm

Sorry if this has been requested before, but with the advent of behaviors in 3.5, it would be extremely valuable to have a dummy object that can be created, placed, and/or cloned.

It wouldn't need to respond to all control messages (like mouseUp, etc), but being able to just have something to throw custom properties into, hold commands, functions, its own local variables, and be able to receive custom messages from other objects would be very handy.

Jeff M.

massung · Post by **massung** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:11 pm

My apologies. I just noticed the QCC links and instead posted this request there.

Jeff M.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:13 pm

Hi Jeff,

What would such a dummy object have that e.g. a hidden group, field or button doesn't have? Very often, I create an empty group and use that as a library, or I use a substack to store all kinds of objects that I need elsewhere in my project, including buttons with backscripts for instance.

Best,

Mark

massung · Post by **massung** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 pm

Nothing but purity, I suppose. With it perhaps being a stepping stone in the future for subclassing.

Jeff

FourthWorld · Post by **FourthWorld** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:46 pm

See the clone command.