relative position of a target within a group

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Mark Swindell wrote:

> How does one get the relative position of a button within a group of buttons?
> 
> I want to 
> 
> put the (relative to group myGroup) number of the target into vMyVar
> 
> One can say 
> 
> select button 3 of group myGroup
> 
> without problem. 
> 
> But how would one best do this using the target function?

Here's one way:

on mouseUp
   put 0 into clickedButton
   repeat with N = 1 to number of btns of me
      if long id of the target = long id of btn N of me then
         put N into clickedButton
         exit repeat
      end if
   end repeat
   answer clickedButton
end mouseUp



Or a function:

on mouseUp
   answer clickedButton(long id of the target,long id of owner of the
target)
end mouseUp

function clickedButton pTargetButton,pGroup
   repeat with N = 1 to number of btns of pGroup
      if pTargetButton = long id of btn N of pGroup then
         return N
      end if
   end repeat
   return 0
end clickedButton


Not sure if there's any easier way.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design