[Squeakland] group objects

[Randy Heiland]

Thanks Bert.  Ah yes, it's coming back to me.  However, don't I need  
to use a Playfield as my "container" object?  I followed your  
instructions - drawing a rectangle and embedding my line into it.   
But then I couldn't find a "rectangle include" tile in any of the  
categories - is it there and I just missed it?  In a playfield, it's  
in the Collections category.


On Mar 10, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:40 , Randy Heiland wrote:
>
>> Apologies if I've asked this in the past and forgot... am I able to
>> group/join together multiple objects into a composite object?
>
> Sure, "embed" them into one "container" object. That can be any  
> object, like a Rectangle, or an Ellipse may look nice, or just make  
> it transparent.
>
>> I'd like to:
>>   - paint a fat line
>>   - script to:  rotate it and make copies
>>   - treat all lines as a single object
>
> Make a Rectangle. Draw the fat line on top of it. From the Line's  
> halo menu choose "embed into ... Rectangle". Now when grabbing the  
> rectangle, the line moves with it. Then make a script like "Line  
> turnBy: 30. Rectangle include: Line's copy." and you're fine to go.
>
> - Bert -
>
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