Whats the best practice for group elements locating

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Like I have a director scene, thats a localGroup. I have several child displayGrops

Below is what I’m doing, seems it sometimes messed up my whole layout.

 local childGroup = display.newGroup()  
 local element1  
 local element2  
  
 element1:setReferencePoint(display.CenterReferencePoint)  
 element2:setReferencePoint(display.CenterReferencePoint)  
  
 element1.x = xxx; element1.y = xxx  
 element2.x = element1.xxx +/- xxx; element2.y = element1.y +/-xxx  
 childGroup:insert(element1)  
 childGroup:insert(element2)  
  
 childGroup:setReferencePoint(display.CenterReferencePoint)  
 childGroup.x = \_W / 2; childGroup.y = \_H / 2  
  
 localGroup:insert(childGroup)

I wonder if I am on the right track? If not, can anybody show me the right steps of creating a childGroup and locate the elements in this group. Oh, as well as locate the childGroup.

Also I’m confusing about when should I set the reference point, before or after being inserted into the group?

Thanks in advance! [import]uid: 4187 topic_id: 22693 reply_id: 322693[/import]

#2

I don’t know if it makes any difference but I insert childGroup into localGroup before I add any objects to it. [import]uid: 10389 topic_id: 22693 reply_id: 90637[/import]