DX: Any way to set child?
Sunday, May 18, 2008 by sViz | Discussion: DesktopX
I know you can query whether or not an object is a child with object.child. It basically returns true or false. I figured maybe the reverse was possible; being able to set object.child = true (or false) for an object, but so far no luck.
Anyone tried this and is it at all possible?
sViz
Reply #2 Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:07 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:07 PM
Bummer...that's frustrating. Looks like I'll have to create two sets of objects; children and not children, which is extremely impractical for what I want to do. 
PuterDudeJim
Reply #3 Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:47 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:47 PM
sViz, I am not sure as to what you are asking. There is a way to set parent/child relationships in DX. If you ask what I am thinking, it is easy. Elaborate on it a little.
ZubaZ
Reply #4 Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:07 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:07 PM
I think he wants to set a parent to a child or some such thing through a gadget/widget script live .. not in the builder.
sViz
Reply #5 Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:24 PM
Correct.
Found a work around....woot!
I'll post a streamlined version of the fix as soon as possible.
Reply #5 Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:24 PM
I think he wants to set a parent to a child or some such thing through a gadget/widget script live .. not in the builder.
Correct.
Found a work around....woot!
I'll post a streamlined version of the fix as soon as possible.
RomanDA
Reply #7 Monday, May 19, 2008 6:00 AM
Reply #7 Monday, May 19, 2008 6:00 AM
Cool.. cant wait to see. sounds like something we need to add to the DesktopX.info Site!
RomanDA
Reply #10 Monday, May 19, 2008 10:35 AM
Reply #10 Monday, May 19, 2008 10:35 AM
i did the same thing on the skincast.. i should never assume.. sorry sViz!
SirSmiley
Reply #11 Monday, May 19, 2008 1:42 PM
Reply #11 Monday, May 19, 2008 1:42 PM
Was going to suggest the parent option last night but, there are a few things I've encountered using it.
If your cloned object isn't contained and you want to make it a contained child then you must remember to move it to within the dimensions of the container.
If your cloned object isn't contained and you want to make it a contained child then you must remember to move it to within the dimensions of the container.
sViz
Reply #12 Monday, May 19, 2008 8:02 PM
No worries, DA (and Zubaz), at least you pronounced my nick right.
I guess I should clarify that setting or assigning a parent wasn't the problem. I can do that. The specific problem was setting object.child = "yes" or object.child = "no". The distinction was important because, as you know, that allows/disallows the child object to be visible outside the parent's boundaries.
I'll be sure to put it in the tutorial section on the site, because it requires a good deal of explaining.
For what it's worth:
My idea was, on dragfinish, depending on where I dropped an object, it would either:
1. create a new object, which was not a child
2. if I drop it on another object it would automatically set the parent and make it a child.
To create the object as a child I had to clone a template object which was already a child of another object and then just change the parent (I did this before with my eZbrowser). The problem was making it not a child after cloning.
I could set the parent to nothing but then, checking its properties, it was still set to child = "yes". So it was a child of nothing and it wasn't visible!
After fuddling around I decided to clone the clone again and see what happens....it worked. The 2nd clone, without a parent, was automatically set to child = "no"
Crazy, huh? Well, all in a day's work.
Reply #12 Monday, May 19, 2008 8:02 PM
i did the same thing on the skincast.. i should never assume.. sorry sViz!
No worries, DA (and Zubaz), at least you pronounced my nick right.
I guess I should clarify that setting or assigning a parent wasn't the problem. I can do that. The specific problem was setting object.child = "yes" or object.child = "no". The distinction was important because, as you know, that allows/disallows the child object to be visible outside the parent's boundaries.
sounds like something we need to add to the DesktopX.info Site!
I'll be sure to put it in the tutorial section on the site, because it requires a good deal of explaining.
For what it's worth:
My idea was, on dragfinish, depending on where I dropped an object, it would either:
1. create a new object, which was not a child
2. if I drop it on another object it would automatically set the parent and make it a child.
To create the object as a child I had to clone a template object which was already a child of another object and then just change the parent (I did this before with my eZbrowser). The problem was making it not a child after cloning.
I could set the parent to nothing but then, checking its properties, it was still set to child = "yes". So it was a child of nothing and it wasn't visible!
After fuddling around I decided to clone the clone again and see what happens....it worked. The 2nd clone, without a parent, was automatically set to child = "no"
Crazy, huh? Well, all in a day's work.
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Reply #1 Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:04 PM