Group functions

[shaosean]

The changes would be better off in the engine, using native controls, but until then, you could write what you need and not have to worry about it..

[atout66]

You surely all of you know that already, but as a beginner I found that by using the <Project Browser>, I can move object by drag and drop from one group to an other.
That was my 2 cents

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[richmond62]

Gosh, it's 2019 . . .

. . . trying to shove an image into a group . . .

[[-hh]]

Not worth an own command:

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on mouseUp
  cut image "myImg"
  start editing background "myGroup"
  paste
  stop editing background "myGroup"
end mouseUp

or even shorter (by Jean-Marc, see above):

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on mouseUp
  put the long id of img "myImg" into lid
  copy image "myImg" to background "myGroup"
  delete lid
end mouseUp

For drag and drop between groups there is moreover (by Michael K.)
https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.p ... 58#p178858

[richmond62]

Copying a control into a group is NOT moving it, it is copying it.

Logic, old bean!

[[-hh]]

After copying and then deleting the original it is "shoved into the group" ... is your pain (located wherever) now gone?

[Klaus]

After copying and then deleting the original it is "shoved into the group" ... is your pain (located wherever) now gone?

Hardly!