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Grouped objects - Adding/Removing objects to a group
I'm going to re-frame this question, and perhaps offer a suggestion for people who are looking to "solve" this problem.
I think the discussion thread adequately explains the process of simply adding an object to a Group. The real problem most might encounter is that when adding an object a "new" Group is created. And any triggers connected to the original Group are potentially rendered inactive. So, if I have Group 1 with a bunch of triggers, but add a rather large text box to that group, the new Group becomes Group 5 (because I have other Groups on the slide, too). And my Group 1 triggers may not work as expected.
Even if I un-group all of Group 1, re-select all my desired objects (including the new one), and select to group them, that new group is still labeled Group 5.
A simple way around this is to rename the "new" Group 5 as "Group 1" in the Timeline, and then the triggers will work again. If one wanted this to work in a really clean way, follow the process of ungrouping the original group, add the new object, create the new group, and then rename the new Group to have the original group name used by the trigger.
Unless I am totally missing something, and this is "fixed" elsewhere in SL.
Hi Kathy... Regarding this... "A simple way around this is to rename the "new" Group 5 as "Group 1" in the Timeline, and then the triggers will work again. If one wanted this to work in a really clean way, follow the process of ungrouping the original group, add the new object, create the new group, and then rename the new Group to have the original group name used by the trigger."
I'm not able to get this to work as you describe. Can you explain further? If I ungroup the original group, the trigger is deleted automatically, and creating the new group and renaming it to the original group name does not bring the trigger back.
- KathyWasson-bb75 years agoCommunity Member
Lisa-you are right. I had a lot of similar triggers and did not notice that one disappear.
My original solution of renaming doesn't really solve the problem.
Not as "clean" but perhaps easier to follow:
On slide I have Groups 1-4, and a trigger based on Group 1.
Add new object to Group 1.
New Group 5 is created, which contains Group 1 (So Group 1trigger is not lost)
Click the Group 1 trigger drop-down and select Group 5.
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