forcing a group to stay at layer top [solved]

[SteveTX]

I've set a group to layer top, and set the lockLoc of the layer to true. Subsequent controls I create are on top of the desired top group. Is there a way to keep a layer at the top and force new layers to be created underneath without constantly sending set layer messages?

[Klaus]

Hi Steve,

not automatically, you always need to:
...
set the layer of grp "the TOPMOST one" to top
...

On the other hand you could:
...
set the layer of the templateXXX to nnn
## where nnn is a number < the layer of grp "the TOPMOST one"
create XXX
...



Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

Just another wrinkle on what Klaus suggested, and which is less elegant than what he said but more direct (pseudocode):

on create new control
set the layer of the last control to the number of layers -1

Craig Newman

[Klaus]

Hm...

this will fail in this scenario:
top control is a group, which is NOT empty!

[dunbarx]

Klaus.

Shows you what sloppy thinking and zero testing can do for you. Now this (still pseudo):

create new control

set the layer of last control to the layer of the last group - 1 --I have seen more robust code in my day

or

set the layer of last control to 1 --seems narrow minded

Back to the scrabble board.

Craig

[SteveTX]

perhaps:

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on create new control
set the layer of the last control to (the layer of group "theTopMost" -1)

[Klaus]

perhaps:

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set the layer of the last control to (the layer of group "theTopMost" -1)

Yes, Sir