Move variables and lists

jh1234l

Due to a bug, sometimes lists won't show up in the same place as you put it in the editor. Also, you sometimes want a variable (e.g. health for an enemy) to follow a sprite. That's why I suggest “move variable/list to x: ??? y: ???”. It will save time with us no longer having to make 3 sprites with a million costumes or complex pen bars that would be laggy to move and hard to master for beginners.

Last edited by Paddle2See (Sept. 19, 2023 00:43:49)

ProdigyZeta7

Yes… desperately need this.

+1

jh1234l

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:
Yes… desperately need this.

+1

I agree. Lists are so annoying! Added you to the supporters list.

Lilifant7253

jh1234l wrote:
Due to a bug, sometimes lists won't show up in the same place as you put it in the editor. Also, you sometimes want a variable (e.g. health for an enemy) to follow a sprite. That's why I suggest “move variable/list to x: ??? y: ???”. It will save time with us no longer having to make 3 sprites with a million costumes or complex pen bars that would be laggy to move and hard to master for beginners.

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Jh1234l
ProdigyBeta7

this never happened to me. But if it happened to you I Support!

DotDash

Support

PhirripSyrrip

The workarounds do work, but are relatively complex, but I agree that your first point is annoying. I support- it would be useful for new scratchers. One thing to consider: Where would the centre of the variable be? It can't be the centre of the display as it's size changes depending on how many characters it has.

jh1234l

PhirripSyrrip wrote:
The workarounds do work, but are relatively complex, but I agree that your first point is annoying. I support- it would be useful for new scratchers. One thing to consider: Where would the centre of the variable be? It can't be the centre of the display as it's size changes depending on how many characters it has.

Maybe between the middle 2 digits or in the centre of the middle letter?

jvvg

I've been wanting this for years - REALLY support!

curiouscrab

+1, maybe someone will make a Scratch Mod with this someday if it hasn't been already.

DotDash

Hey, Guess what?

SUPPORT

Centrifugal

Support

PhirripSyrrip

jh1234l wrote:
PhirripSyrrip wrote:
The workarounds do work, but are relatively complex, but I agree that your first point is annoying. I support- it would be useful for new scratchers. One thing to consider: Where would the centre of the variable be? It can't be the centre of the display as it's size changes depending on how many characters it has.

Maybe between the middle 2 digits or in the centre of the middle letter?

But then if the length of the variable changes, that means that it would expand left and right, making it annoying if you want it in the top corner.

I suppose in this case you can workaround:
if length of score = 1 then
go to …
else
if length of score = 2 then
go to …

and so on, but this is a messy way to do things.

Macie1234

guess what?

support

LeeegaaaCy

I'm still new to Scratch and I'm pretty sure you can't do this but I thought it would be pretty useful if you could move Variables to a specific location by using Motion blocks such as “go to x:___y:____.” I think this would be useful because I like having things at a specific location and as of now I believe you have to free hand move variables. Thanks for reading!

Braeden5454

I support. I think this has been suggested before, but Im to lazy to go and find it.

carrot2pufferfish

A lot of times I need to move variables for various reasons. For example, sometimes they get in the way of sprites or need to move with a sprite.
I would like a block that looks like this:

move variable [ variable] to x:(0) y:(0)

I don't have any particular project that needs this, but it could help with coming up with other projects that uses it.

AgentCNF

Good idea. Support

Phoxie

Support. I think that this would be very easy to add.

epicsandwich123

suppport! even though this is workaroundable, i still support!

Braeden5454

epicsandwich123 wrote:
suppport! even though this is workaroundable, i still support!

It's not workaround able. Support.

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