[Xerte] Trying to overlay a grid for positioning in Xerte 2.10

[Dave Burnett]

This approach keeps all my global nav buttons on top:

global_entry_frame.swapDepths(999);

Where global_entry_frame is the id of the entry pane attached to the my highest framework.

It should keep all the entry panes children perpetual and on top.


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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Trying to overlay a grid for positioning in Xerte 2.10
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:44:16 -0700
> From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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> I hate when I figure something out right after posting a
> question. Just had to move the grid graphic to the page where I needed to do
> the positioning. But I was hoping I could have it display on every page so I
> could just “flip the switch” in my Setup script and not have to
> move the code & graphic around when I needed it. If anyone knows how I
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 9:25 AM
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> Subject: [Xerte] Trying to overlay a grid for positioning in Xerte 2.10
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> I’m working on a
> routine to create gridlines to assist in positioning some rectangles that I draw with
> code. I’ve got the gridlines working, but they end up under the framework
> for the individual lessons and I need them on top. Here’s the approach
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> turn it on and off in my setup script, and the graphic icon I draw it on, and
> the code to draw the gridlines, are
> in the main entry frame of the interface icon.
> This works until I enter another framework, at which point the other framework
> sits on top of my gridlines. I’ve tried using swapDepths with a numeric
> value of 10000, which should be higher than the depth of any other icon, and
> I’ve also tried using the id of the framework in place of the numeric
> value. I’ve even moved the code to
> the page where I draw the rectangle, and used the icon id of the screen shot graphic with swapDepths,
> but it always appears under the framework. Anyone have any idea?
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> gridLines =
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> Frame I have a graphic icon with an ID of ‘grid’
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> if (gridLines) {
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> // set grid to high depth
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> grid.swapDepths(10000);
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> // grid line intervals
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> gridInterval = 50;
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> grid.lineStyle(1,0x000000,100);
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> for (gridX = 0; gridX <= stageWidth; gridX) {
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> grid.moveTo(gridX, 0);
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> grid.lineTo(gridX, stageHeight);
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> gridX = gridX + gridInterval;
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> for (gridY = 0; gridY <= stageHeight; gridY) {
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> grid.moveTo(0, gridY);
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> grid.lineTo(stageWidth, gridY);
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> gridY = gridY + gridInterval;
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