place holder does not push

[behzad]

Why a place holder can not have push effect assigned to it?

[Acorn]

Why a place holder can not have push effect assigned to it?

Because all the code that is normally applied is totally replaced by your code.

Acorn

[behzad]

wow that sucks

[Acorn]

OK, I have checked properly.

An object can become a Placeholder and t retains its Push attribute as well as Repelling.

Just to check are you selecting both objects to ensure they push apart?

As an aside, I just used <script /> and the Placeholder shape punches a nice empty cookie cutter of itself when repelling text underneath.

Acorn

[behzad]

Dear Acorn, I tried it but with no luck.
Any chance you can do me a sample. I like my jot form to push the footer of the page if the form is too long.

Thanks.

[Acorn]

Dear Acorn, I tried it but with no luck.
Any chance you can do me a sample. I like my jot form to push the footer of the page if the form is too long.

Thanks.

Now I grok what you are wanting. A xara page cannot grow from a pushy Placeholder as it has no knowledge of the height of the thing at page creation time.
That said, I recall some code somewhere that dynamically reset the page height. I don't remember how effective it was though.

You can always preview the form and estimate how big the Placeholder needs to be and adjust the page manually.

Acorn