Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

[Jerry Daniels]

David,

I am having trouble with the concept of selecting something without  
the user touching it. We could, of course, make a preference for this  
behavior.

Best,

Jerry

P.S. I hope you get treatment for that virus, too.

On Oct 20, 2005, at 2:42 PM, David Bovill wrote:

>
> On 20 Oct 2005, at 19:39, Jerry Daniels wrote:
>
>
>> We USED TO select the object during no-click inspection--if the  
>> pointer was chosen.
>>
>
> Recent version changed this right - kindo of liked it myself - now  
> I'm still stuck as i cant....
>
>
>> 1. The TITLE of Constellation's window has the full name of the  
>> object you're editing.
>> 2. The TAB that is dedicated to that object has the name of the  
>> object
>> 3. The PREVIEW (or copy) of the object is shown
>>
>> We figured after all that, it wasn't necessary to select the  
>> object during no-click inspection and risk the user forgetting  
>> that the object WAS selected.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>
> Not really - you see I have an object selector / browser like yours  
> just not as pretty :) I use it to "indicate an object" and then I  
> can create other tools which manipulate the object in some way.
>
> So for a clear example (thinking of writing a viral marketing  
> program for you):
>
>     1) I create a stack with one button and one field
>
>     2) I "select" the "field in my new stack"  in constellation  
> property or even script editor - the tab is open
>
>     3) I write a script which references the selected object -  
> ideally with a line like:
>
> on mouseUp
>         put the selected_ ConstellationObject into someObject
>         set the script of someObject to "Jerry Daniels is cool!"
> end mouseUp
>
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