Selecting Groups

[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.

[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.

[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.

[FourthWorld]

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?

[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.

[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.

[richmond62]

Not guilty . . .

I did NOT set the settings "that way" ever.

[FourthWorld]

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?

[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.

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.