MouseLeave puzzle

[Klaus Major]

Hi Jim,

> I have a field script:
>
> on mouseUP
>
>   if there is no graphic "arrow" then
...
put the mouseLoc into line 1 of tGraphicPoints
## !!! see below
>  ...
>   set the points of graphic "arrow" to tGraphicPoints --Draw the arrow
>   wait 1 sec
> end mouseUp
>
> on mouseLeave
>   set the points of graphic "arrow" to ""
> end mouseLeave
>
> The puzzle is that the arrow shows for 1 second and then disappears, 
> even when the mouse is never moved away from the clickText, much less 
> out of the field. (The word pairs are linked.)
>
> Why is the "mouseLeave" message being send?

Quick guess:
The new graphic appears UNDER the cursor and thus the field with the 
script
is being left by the mouse and the mouseleave-script is being processed 
after
1 second... (?)

Hope that helps...

> Jim

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de