Move component group to position based on boolean custom property

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Hi there,

I'm trying to get a group of components to move to a new position once a custom property UVActuate is True, and then return to the original position when UVActuate becomes false.

The issue I'm having is that using the a group of components have no attribute propertyName. So this script is being called continuously for every event.

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My work around is to use function decorator to run the translate function once.

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I've tested my script and it executes once in a loop, but that doesn't make a difference in the runtime since it looks like the script is reinitialized each time an event happens.

There's probably a better implementation or method I should be using. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

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That event fired whenever any of the props on that component change. You need to check what property changed first

if event.propertyName == 'UVActuate':
   ....

For first init, use the componentRunning prop

if event.propertyName == 'componentRunning':
   ....
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I get an error when I try to use event.source.propertyName for a group as mentioned above.

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That's because you added .source. propertyName exists as part of the event object

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ahhh. I'll give that a shot.

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That did the trick, thank you!

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