Maybe I’m missing something, but I am unable to drag components from the toolbox into the specific containers I want them in. I can drag them to the project tree only if I intend to drop them in the root container. Fine, I’ll just move them or cut and paste. I right-click the container I want to put them in and click paste, but it puts them item(s) back in the root container again. I can drag to the layout and but that doesn’t put them in the container(s) either. The only way I can get stuff where I want it is to drop it in root and wrap it in a container, but then I can’t add anything else I want to that new container. ???
Is there a target icon next to the container that you're trying to add components to? You might need to double click a few more times (depending on how deep)
Also, when using the "wrap in container " trick, you then likely need to set the grow property of the wrapped component to 0 to be able to add more items, and then adjust as needed. Wrapping it automatically sets the grow to 1.
This is all I have in my views. If I try to drag a component to any of those containers, all I get is a red circle with a slanted red line. I can drag something to LeftPanel in the the layout and it drops it in there, but I can’t drop anything in LeftControls.
You have to "Deep Select" the target container before you can drop into it. The bulls-eye target icon is placed in the tree next to the currently deep selected container.
(Have you gone through the Inductive University courses for Perspective? If not, you should.)
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Thank you! That did it.
I did it a year ago but I guess I forgot about Deep Select. It seems ridiculous to not be able to just drag it to where you want in the project tree. Maybe there’s a reason but it seems like extra steps you shouldn’t have to do.
Deep selection is most important when dropping onto the canvas, not the tree, as there can be ambiguities. Keeping the behavior consistent across all container types makes sense to me.
I agree and understand regarding the canvas. I would have expected to be able to drop wherever I wanted to in the tree, though.