Option menu behavior in shared group

[japino]

I have a card with an option menu with 5 items. The option menu is part of a shared group which behaves like a background, so when I create a new card, my new card has the option menu. So far so good. But when I select an item in the option menu in card 1, card 2 shows the same item. The option menu choice is the same on all cards. That's not what I want. I believe this was different in HyperCard. If you had an option menu on a background, each card could have a different choice selected in the option menu.
Can't we do the same thing in LiveCode? Or am I forced to create a new option menu on the new card which isn't part of a background? From another thread I learnt I can also work with custom properties, but they seem to make my script too complicated for something which seems so basic...

[Klaus]

Hi japino,

I believe this was different in HyperCard.

Yes.

Can't we do the same thing in LiveCode?

No.

Please get used to experience some basic differences HyperCard <-> Lovecode.

Best

Klaus

[japino]

There's probably a good reason for this difference, but it's an annoying difference at the moment - but I will work around it. Thanks for the confirmation Klaus!

[jacque]

The other thread's custom property solution is the same one you'd use here. Store the line number that should show on the card. In a preOpenCard handler, set the option menu button to display that value.

The select command will do that: select line 1 of btn "myOptions". For a custom property, then it's:

select line (the myProp of this cd) of btn "myOptions"

[japino]

Thank you Jacqueline!