Can't place a group

[danielrr]

In a particular stack I have created, I cant place any group in another substack. I mean I can create groups. rename them, but if I move to any other substack, the option "place group" will never appear. Any hint?

[jmburnod]

Hi,
I never used a group of a main stack for placement in a substack.
I believe that we can't place a groupe onto a card if the group isn't inside stack. I get this error:

group is not in this stack or is already on this card

This explaines why menu "place group" is not available.
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[Klaus]

Hi friends,

I believe that we can't place a groupe onto a card if the group isn't inside stack.

EXACTLY!


Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

Hi.

The real point of the "place" command is usually (always?) about making copies of a group that have their sharedBehavior and backGroundBehavior set to "true". That is, groups that appear on multiple cards and share lots of properties.

To use this command to make a copy of a group in another stack, (the fact that it is a sub stack is not pertinent) is, at the very least, odd. Do you see? Usually, one navigates from card to card, and the composition of controls in the several shared groups are held in common. Depending on the sharedText of, say, fields in each group, the contents of those fields might be the same or different. This sort of behavior makes little sense between stacks.

You can always copy a group to another stack.

Craig

[jmburnod]

Craig,

You can always copy a group to another stack.

Yes we can copy a group to an other stack but that could create confusion and that would be a good idea to rename it to avoid confusion.
Best
Jean-Marc

[dunbarx]

Jean-Marc.

I know.

I was trying to make the point that "placing" a group usually involves groups that will "work" together, in whatever way, and that if one wants to get that group to another stack, copying is the way to go, since there is no particular connection between groups that live in different stacks. Such groups might look the same, but they cannot share the things that groups in a single stack can.

In other words, the "place" command is both more and different than the "copy" command, in that it involves groups with shared interests.

Craig