How to I lock a layer?

[DK]

Double clicking to unlock was the first thing I tried when I installed it. It felt like it was the natural thing to do to unlock it.

D.K

[Greenlaw]

BTW, the text editor I used was Notepad++, and when I checked the Encoding menu setting it was indeed set to UTF-8.

So, good to know if you're editing a Moho script.

[synthsin75]

BTW, the text editor I used was Notepad++, with default settings. (I only added the handy Compare plugin.) I checked the Encoding menu setting and, indeed, it's set to UTF-8.

Yeah, I set Notepad2 to default to UTF-8 after learning about this.

Double clicking to unlock was the first thing I tried when I installed it. It felt like it was the natural thing to do to unlock it.

The problem with double-clicking a layer is that it will also open the layer settings.

[DK]

No probs. I guess adding an "unlock Layer" to the right click drop down menu would be a bit too hard.
D.K

[synthsin75]

No probs. I guess adding an "unlock Layer" to the right click drop down menu would be a bit too hard.

There's zero scripting access to context menus.

[synthsin75]

BTW, the text editor I used was Notepad++, and when I checked the Encoding menu setting it was indeed set to UTF-8.

Dennis, beware encoding in UTF-8 for AutoHotkey. I just spent hours trying to figure out why hotkeys I use to use weren't working. Turns out AHK only likes UTF-8-BOM or UTF-16-BOM.

[Greenlaw]

That's good to know! Thanks for the alert Wes.

While I do use Notepad++ for day to day stuff, I've been using SciTE4AutoHotkey for AutoHotkey scripting. But I'll be mindful of the potential issue because I'm sure I occasionally jump into Notepad++ when it's convenient.

[synthsin75]

Double clicking to unlock was the first thing I tried when I installed it. It felt like it was the natural thing to do to unlock it.

Removed link. Replaced by: http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtop ... 15#p201415
This version might work for you. Couldn't do double-click on the layer, but you can do this instead:
1. Turn off the eyes on a layer
2. Click the layer.

This will automatically restore visibility and toggle the layer lock. It's still installed to the Tools folder, but there's no tool to interact with (no PNG icon needed).

It also still keeps locked layers from being selected on frames other than zero. On frames greater than zero, you can lock and unlock until you change layers with it locked. Then you have to go to frame zero to unlock.

Unless someone speaks up saying they like the former version better, I'll eventually depreciate the other link.

[DK]

Hi Wes.
For some reason I can't get this to work anymore?
I placed it in my custom folder under Menu/Layer Effects.
it appears but does not do anything when invoked?
D.K

[synthsin75]

Hi Wes.
For some reason I can't get this to work anymore?
I placed it in my custom folder under Menu/Layer Effects.
it appears but does not do anything when invoked?
D.K

It still needs to go in your Tools folder, it just won't show up in the toolbar. It's using a part of the tool that gets evaluated even when the tool isn't shown. That doesn't get evaluated for menu scripts.

[Greenlaw]

Quick question: If I set Notepad++ to UTF-8 BOM, will Moho lua scripts still be able to use the unicode 'emojis'?

I imagine it works but I can't check right now, and I was wondering if anybody here already knows the answer.

[synthsin75]

Quick question: If I set Notepad++ to UTF-8 BOM, will Moho lua scripts still be able to use the unicode 'emojis'?

I imagine it works but I can't check right now, and I was wondering if anybody here already knows the answer.

My preferred text editor, Notepad2, only has UTF-16-BOM, but Moho doesn't like that. So I have to make sure I use that for AHK and UTF-8 for Moho.
To be fair, both would probably play nice with ANSI, but then no unicode symbols.

[Greenlaw]

Thanks Wes! If I get a chance later today, I'll post info for what I find here.

[Albo]

Very happy to have this post.
I'm still on the Moho 13.5 demo.
So I need to install this in the tools folder.
I couldn't find the Tools folder.

On Mac:
Moho Pro folder-->Extras folder --> Optional Scripts (is this the one?)

There is also a Script folder --> Tool folder (or is this the one ?)

Thanks.

[Hoptoad]

I use a Mac. Put your Tool scripts here, in the "Custom Content" folder (not the actual Moho folder with the app; leave that alone):

Moho Pro > Scripts > Tool