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Selecting Groups
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:13 pm
by richmond62
Just at present I am doing a lot of work involving groups and getting fairly fed-up because
the way the IDE deals with groups is somewhat different in the current IDE (erm . . 9.5.0)
to previously:.
1. I cannot select a group that has been deselected except via direct commands in the Message Box, rather
than the Preferences Palette.
2. To delete a group has to be done programmatically.
I wonder for what reason the way end-users can get at groups was changed.
Certainly slowing down my work-flow a lot.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 5:16 pm
by FourthWorld
I don't understand. Recipe, so we can see what you're describing?
I wonder if you just need to toggle the selectGroupedControls to off.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:08 pm
by richmond62
Thank you very much indeed, FourthWorld;
that sorted out the problem.
HOWEVER
(face facts, you'd be disappointed if I didn't, true to form, come up with a 'however')
I am interested to know why the selectGroupedControls is now ON by default.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:30 am
by FourthWorld
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:08 pm
I am interested to know why the
selectGroupedControls is now
ON by default.
Did it? I install LC fresh every new release and I haven't seen a change.
Could it be possible that you accidentally clicked that toolbar icon?
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:26 pm
by richmond62
Could it be possible that you accidentally clicked that toolbar icon?
I don't think so as I have seen that on 7 installs across MacOS and Linux.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:11 pm
by jacque
LC uses the setting in its prefs file on launch so if you didn't delete that when updating it will be whatever it was last set to in any version.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:18 pm
by richmond62
Not guilty . . .
I did NOT set the settings "that way" ever.
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:49 pm
by FourthWorld
jacque wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:11 pm
LC uses the setting in its prefs file on launch so if you didn't delete that when updating it will be whatever it was last set to in any version.
There's a prefs setting for that?
Re: Selecting Groups
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:16 pm
by jacque
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:49 pm
jacque wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:11 pm
LC uses the setting in its prefs file on launch so if you didn't delete that when updating it will be whatever it was last set to in any version.
There's a prefs setting for that?
Part of my response was an assumption, but it seems to follow the same rules as window sizes and positions and other UI features. Not a setting per se, but probably a custom property or similar that stores the last-used property setting.