[etoys-dev] [etoys-notify] [JIRA] Commented: (SQ-1049) ScriptEditorMorph embeds in Holder/Playfields/Flaps

[karl ramberg]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:52 AM, K. K. Subramaniam <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Monday 19 Mar 2012 9:55:52 AM Stephen Thomas (JIRA) wrote:
> > Okay this is embarrassing.  After just giving this a +1 I am now changing
> > to -1. Right after I made this comment (thinking about all the problems I
> > have had when a script embeds into a playfield when I didn't want it to,
> I
> > just created a project where I embedded scripts in a flap, which I find
> > most useful.  So I really think this needs more thought and may be
> > effected by the results of SQ-1013.
> I think this is because there is a difference between tools (like editor,
> painter, inspector,..) and other morphs when it comes to handling drop
> events.
> Tools get dropped or picked up implicitly in a drag or drop operation only
> in
> a world or flap and not on their submorphs. For instance, dropping a
> inspector
> tool in a playfield does not necessarily imply an embed op.
>
> We could add a isTool method to Morph (false) and override it in tool
> Morphs
> (true) to decide if the drop target should be a submorph, a flap or a
> world.
>
> We can just reuse the option from SystemWindows to guard against automatic
embedding.

I also think tools have a special use and meaning. You use tools to create
the environment not to a part of it.
Lame example: if you build a chair, the tools you use should not be glued
to it by default.

Karl
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