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SketchBlock 3.4 - Digital Sketching For The Amiga
Move Tool
The move tool allows you to move layers and later other objects arround with the mouse or through the GUI... It only operates on the active layer.
Move Tool Settings
When the Move tool is active the settings for the tool can be modified via the settings panel in the Tools Window.(Shown Right)
The following attributes can be controlled.
- Click inside Layer: Click dragging the layer only works if the inital click is inside the layer boundaries.
- X & Y Coords: These two integer gadgets show the current position of the layer being moved. Use them as a guide when draging with the mouse or enter the new coordinates directly.
MoveTool ARexx Commands
To pass ARexx commands to the Move tool you must use the SketchBlock ARexx command COMMANDTOOL
SET
ATTR/K,STEM/K
Sets the Move settings to the provided values. All the settings are updated so all required terms must be specified.
GET
ATTR/K,STEM/K
Retrieves the current settings via a STEM varaible.
- STEM/K
- Pass the variable to which the settings will be added. The values will be added to the stem variable useing the name above with no index component. eg If the STEM var was FOO pressure size will be added as FOO.PRESSURESIZE
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