[Xerte] Editing tips?

Tue Nov 10 16:28:52 GMT 2009

Thanks Julian and Mark.
That has me headed in the right direction.

debug(gs1.getDepth());  //the depth of the glossary
debug(i66423.getDepth());  //the depth of the text clip I want to overlay
gs1.swapDepths(4);   //change the depth of the glossary
debug(gs1.getDepth()); //get the new depth

Does swap the gs to 4, moving it above the clips instantiated after it in the same interaction.
But it does not overlay the target, i66423

Can you expand on the common parent thing?
All the code is contained within a single page off IFC.
Does that not qualify as a "common parent".
Or does it have to be the immediate parent of both clips?

Subject: RE: [Xerte] Editing tips?
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:55:58 +0000
From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

swapDepths is the thing, but you can only swapDepths between
children with a common parent.

So, sometimes that parent is conveniently a page icon, and you
can happily swapDepths to bring any of its children to the top, other times it’s
more complicated…

So you want to aim for the nearest common parent that works, if
that makes sense, and sometimes you need to create a faux structure just to accommodate
that.

From:
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:15 PM

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Editing tips?

AFA sequencing goes, what is the approach if you have a panel, let's say
glossary, that you want to have appear on top in all instances?

I have added it in the top level FW entry pane, but when called it appears to
be underneath content displayed in the pages attached to the nested FW.

I'm guessing that since it was instantiated prior to the nested framework, it
is "lower" than subsequent icons.

Is there a best practice to force it to screen level?

Subject:
RE: [Xerte] Editing tips?

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:46:44 +0000

From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk

To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk

If you SHIFT-F5 or
CTRL-SHIFT-F5 the currently selected icon in the tree is set up for visual
editing – i.e. you can position / resize it with the mouse. In this mode, you
can then select all other icons and move them with the mouse as well.

That mode only kicks in once
the selected icon is reached on the stage – because if it was behind a button,
you’d never be able to get to it otherwise, as clicking the button would select
it for editing, rather than fire it’s response.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:43 PM

To: Xerte list

Subject: [Xerte] Editing tips?

Hi
all,

Has anyone gigged up a cheat sheet or is there a resource for editing
practices?

I'm probably doing something backwards, or since some things don't seem to work
as they say on the can it may be something in my setup.

e.g. doubleclicking a draw icon on the tree does not open the draw editor.

If I highlight an icon below an interaction in the tree and hit Shift/Cntrl/F5
it loads and comes to rest at an icon above that interaction.

How does sequence/layering work? I am having difficulty reaching icons that
appear to be "under" another icon on the display.

Cheers,

Dave

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