Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Thu Sep 8 01:21:52 CDT 2011
Hah, I am already using tags to control which controls are visible when... -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson (VBACreations.Com) Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2011 1:16 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Wish List. Tag property is your friend... -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:50 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Wish List. Group blocks of controls and then drag the groups you are working on down to below the visible area of the screen? On 8 Sep 2011 at 11:47, Darryl Collins wrote: > Been doing a lot of work with forms. In particular single forms with a > lot of controls that are hidden or revealed depending on what options > are available. I really wish MS were inspired by Adobe with how form > design behaves. Why can't forms be layered? So you can work on > individual layers which only have the relevant controls for that > layer, but when the form is displayed all layers are shown, just like > an image in Photoshop for example. > > > > That would be super useful as right now if I want to change anything > on first controls I added, I have to move all of the other controls on > top out of the way, make the changes, and then put them all back > again. A real PITA. Would be wonderful to turn on and off visibility > on the layers and then it would be easy to access any set of controls > that are just on that layer. > > > > I know I can sort of fake this by using tabs, is this a better way or > does anyone has a different angle I can consider? > > > > Cheers > > Darryl. > > > > Darryl Collins > > Whittle Consulting Pty Ltd > > Suite 8, 660 Canterbury Rd > > Surrey Hills, VIC, 3127 > > > > p: +61 3 9898 3242 > > m: +61 418 381 548 > > f: +61 3 9898 1855 > > e: <mailto:darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> > darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au > > w: <http://www.whittleconsulting.com.au/> > www.whittleconsulting.com.au > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com