Michael Burnside
Comment #2 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:20 AM
Comment #2 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:20 AM
Mr. Leon,
Desktop X, beta version now supports such a feature... They call them persistent objects.
Desktop X, beta version now supports such a feature... They call them persistent objects.
misterME
Comment #3 Monday, May 14, 2001 1:31 AM
Comment #3 Monday, May 14, 2001 1:31 AM
I really like this object.
Problem is, I can't get it work on my desktop. The "Top" is offset from the rest of the objects by 400 pixels, making them appear off of my screen.
To make matters worse, I can't ungroup them long enough to fix this. I have to use a bit of creative cloning. Even then, however, the graphics in the top square, and in the associated flyout, all disappear when I try to group them again.
And DX's Object Browser is not the help I expected. When I go into it to try to force positions of the diappeared objects, nothing happens.
Like I said, I like it, a lot. But with DX in its current state, it seems unusable to me. Pity.
Problem is, I can't get it work on my desktop. The "Top" is offset from the rest of the objects by 400 pixels, making them appear off of my screen.
To make matters worse, I can't ungroup them long enough to fix this. I have to use a bit of creative cloning. Even then, however, the graphics in the top square, and in the associated flyout, all disappear when I try to group them again.
And DX's Object Browser is not the help I expected. When I go into it to try to force positions of the diappeared objects, nothing happens.
Like I said, I like it, a lot. But with DX in its current state, it seems unusable to me. Pity.
mormegil
Comment #4 Monday, May 14, 2001 6:42 AM
Comment #4 Monday, May 14, 2001 6:42 AM
I will see if I can fix this and get it reposted this afternoon. Sorry, It works fine at 1600x1200 but it should be OK scaleable.
misterME
Comment #5 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:18 PM
Comment #5 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:18 PM
I finally got it working this morning. I had to drag everything over to the middle of my screen, duplicate the "Top" object, then delete the original, then manually place everything where it needed to be. It seems to be working fine now.
I think it's a problem with DX. The "Top" object did as it was told: it docked itself to the top right edge of the screen. The problem is that its children didn't follow suit; they retained their positions form your desktop (I run at 1280x1024).
I'm not sure if DX is supposed to move the children along with the parent when docking, but it would be nice, since dragging them always drags the whoe set.
I think it's a problem with DX. The "Top" object did as it was told: it docked itself to the top right edge of the screen. The problem is that its children didn't follow suit; they retained their positions form your desktop (I run at 1280x1024).
I'm not sure if DX is supposed to move the children along with the parent when docking, but it would be nice, since dragging them always drags the whoe set.
misterME
Comment #6 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:20 PM
Comment #6 Monday, May 14, 2001 12:20 PM
BTW, is there a way to keep the clock from hiding itself everytime you take advantage of the DXrun plugin? When you click the "Top" object, the clock is placed behind it, and won't come back out in any easy way.
mormegil
Comment #7 Monday, May 14, 2001 2:34 PM
Comment #7 Monday, May 14, 2001 2:34 PM
You should be able to set the clock object, fauxs-xp (simple clock) to Z order of Normal, and make sure that it is a chiled of fauxs-xp (top). I will see what I can do about it when I get home from work.
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