Re: [Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Steve Freitas wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I apologize if this is a known issue, but after some Googling I haven't
>been able to find any mention of it. For some reason I can't seem to
>drag buttons around in the resourceEditor. I'm in the tutorial stage so
>I'm only using TextFields besides, but they drag fine. So with buttons
>I'm forced to use the resize controls to put them where I want, ouch.
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm using 0.8.2 with Python 2.3 on
>Debian Sid.
>  
>
No, it's not a known issue - you should be able to drag buttons (and 
indeed all components around).

Unfortunately I don't have access to any Linux, so can't check them (it 
does work OK on WinXP and OSX).
Can you tell me exactly what does happen when you try to drag a button ?

For example, on Win XP, it is ....
  position the mouse (ok, the cursor) inside the button
  depress the left button
       (the sizing handles disappear)
  move the mouse
        (the dashed-line rectangle outline appears and moves with the mouse)
  release the left button
        (rectangle disappears, button itself + sizing handles is drawn 
in new location

Do your see the sizing handles disappear ?

Do you have the same problem with other component types ?
Other Linux users - do you see the same problem ?


btw Steve, although the tutorial still uses the (old) resourceEditor, 
there is also a newer version called layoutEditor) in the same 
directory. It has a number of useful new features (all fairly apparent 
and obvious) , so you may want to switch to it at some point. I wouldn't 
expect it to help with this problem though - the component moving code 
is, as far as I remember, pretty much unchanged.

Also, until we get to the bottom of it, it may be easier to use the 
arrow keys to move the buttons - arrow keys should move the component by 
1 pixel, shift-arrow should move it by "grid-size" pixels

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