mouseDown and within

[Thomas McGrath III]

It seems that ever possible message PREVENTS the possibility of a 
mouseDown moving from one control to another and initiating the 
mouseDown on that without first releasing the mouse. Most programs at 
least will let you float a mouse cursor over items and hover to display 
a tooltip. What I want to do is the same thing but with a mouseDown 
state. It seems I can't do a Hover or a mouseDown in Rev.....

HELP

 From the docs....
mouseEnter
If the mouse button is down when the mouse pointer enters the control, 
no mouseEnter message is sent unless the mouse button is released while 
the pointer is still in the control.

mouseWithin
If the mouse button is down when the mouse pointer enters the control, 
no mouseWithin messages are sent until the mouse button is released. If 
the mouse pointer leaves the control while the mouse button is still 
down, no mouseWithin messages are sent. If the mouse button is pressed 
while the pointer is in the control, however, mouseWithin messages 
continue to be sent, even while the mouse button is down.
Usually, it is easier and more efficient to use the mouseMove message 
to track the movement of the mouse while the button is being held down.

mouseStillDown
The mouseStillDown message is sent to the control that was originally 
clicked, or to the card if no control was under the mouse pointer.

mouseMove
If the mouse button is down, the mouseMove message continues to be sent 
to the object that was clicked, even if the mouse pointer moves outside 
that object.

mouseLeave
If the mouse button is down when the mouse pointer leaves the control, 
the mouseLeave message is not sent until the mouse button is released.

Tom

On Apr 22, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a few buttons and when the mouse is down over a button the 
> background turns blue. This is good. Now I want to have the other 
> buttons turn blue by still holding the mouseDown but moving it over 
> the other buttons and when it is over them that they will act like a 
> mouseDown has been sent to them.
>
> I have tried mouseDown, mouseStillDown, mouseWithin, mouseEnter etc.
>
> No luck,
>
> I might be able to do a mouseOver (SC) but prefer the mouseDown if 
> possible.
>
> Does anyone know a way to do this????
>
> Thanks in advance....
>
> Tom
>
>
> Thomas J. McGrath III
> SCS
> 1000 Killarney Dr.
> Pittsburgh, PA 15234
> 412-885-8541
>
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Thomas J. McGrath III
SCS
1000 Killarney Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
412-885-8541